Dec 21, 2019
Should you tell stories of a world better than ours, without prejudice, discrimination, and hate; or tell it like it is, with all the bias and ugliness you’re trying to oppose? The worst thing you could do would be to find a balance. Balanced stories are neutral,...
Dec 20, 2019
You’re famous. You’ve written the next cult novel, the like of Harry Potter, Hunger Games, Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, or The Name of the Wind. It earned you millions of dollars that now sit cozily in your Swiss bank account. What now? The experience of...
Dec 19, 2019
These are the three stages of every career. The first transition is easy. A hobby can turn into a passion without you even noticing. It’s the second transition, going from a passion to a profession where most people get stuck for years. And not for lack of trying....
Dec 17, 2019
The most valuable feedback is the feedback you never hear. It’s the feedback of someone whose eyes glide past your book in the bookshop. It’s the feedback of someone who downloaded a sample of your book but never bought the full version. It’s the feedback of someone...
Dec 16, 2019
The oldest surviving piece of art, the cave painting of a bull, dates back to around 40,000 years ago. Fourty thousand years ago, someone, presumably a member of a hunter-gatherer tribe, an artist like yourself, painted onto the stone, using red pigment, the image of...
Dec 14, 2019
Thanks to the internet, our brains are bombarded daily with more information than they can process. This article is one such piece of information. The moment you open it, your brain starts deciding: Is this interesting? Is it worth my time? Can I use this? Is it...
