I’ve always read a lot. I’m talking 20 books in rotation and blasting through 3 novels on a weekend. But whenever people asked me about a book I’d just read, I could rarely say more than whether I liked it or not. What a waste. An artist poured thousands of hours of dedication into a work and […]
Use The Scattergun Approach When Starting Your Blog
Starting your blog can be overwhelming. I know it was for me. I spent ages just trying to think up the perfect domain name. Eventually I realised the answer was right before my eyes. But when I bought the domain, I just sat on it for years. Like a constipated mother hen. What do I […]
How To See The World In A Different Way (What Makes A Writer Great)
Great writers see the world in a different way. Most writers barely give a thought to how they are experiencing the world. They give even less thought to how they might render their experience in prose or poetry. But great writers estrange the reader. They make the familiar unfamiliar. They are connected to reality the […]
See The World On Your Lunch Break – CANADA
Want to learn more about the world but are short on time? Let’s take a trip to foreign lands by appreciating the best short works of art from every country around the world. We’re going to pick a country and look at… 1 song 1 poem 1 short film 1 short story 1 essay/non-fiction piece 1 piece of art […]
How I Cured The Worst Insomnia Of My Life
For the entirety of January this year, I stopped sleeping. I don’t fully know why. All I know is that I it felt like it would last forever. I would lie awake for hours. Sleep wouldn’t come. If I got a quick snatch of restless sleep, less than twenty minutes later I was bolt upright and wide […]
Werner Herzog MasterClass Review (Week 5 – WOW!)
This Werner Herzog Teaches Directing MasterClass review contains affiliate links, which means that, at zero cost to you, I will be compensated if you make a purchase after clicking one of my links. Werner Herzog’s MasterClass is the best creative course I’ve taken in a long time. I’m always careful to moderate my enthusiasm when writing reviews. I don’t want to overhype […]
What Should You Know Before Writing A Book?
There are a few things you should know before writing a book. But they’re probably not what you would expect. You haven’t even put pen to paper yet and you ask me how to publish a book. You ask me how to self-publish and how to get readers. You ask me how to format a […]
The Perfect Bookstore
What is happening to the brick-and-mortar bookstore? One moment we feel this breed of literary watering hole is on the verge of extinction. It looks to be pushed to the brink of death by big dick swinging online conglomerates. Then, just when we think our love is set to perish, those very same conglomerates bring […]
13 Things I Learned From Aaron Sorkin’s MasterClass Q&A
I’ve just finished listening to Aaron Sorkin talk live and give valuable screenwriting writing advice to me and hundreds of other committed budding screenwriters. The Q&A was just one of the many high-quality goodies students of the Aaron Sorkin Teaches Screenwriting MasterClass have access to. You may have already read my reviews of the entire […]
3 Outstanding Customer Service Lessons From David’s Tea
David and Herschel Segal both deserve Nobel Prizes in “Damn Fine Tea” and knighthoods from the King and Queen of Outstanding Customer Service because their company blows me away with more force than a visa-starved Bangkok hooker. I paid a visit to DAVIDsTEA in Toronto’s Eaton Center this week and I left with more than just […]
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