Daniel James Brown is the award winning author of three books of non-fiction including, most recently, The Boys in the Boat, which tells the underdog story of the 1936 American Olympic gold medal rowing crew that claimed victory over a rising Facist party in Berlin. Brown came to my hometown of Tucson for an eventContinue reading “Bestselling Non-Fiction Author Daniel James Brown Has Done It All Without Rushing”
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Award-Winning Writer and American Introspectionist Taffy Brodesser-Akner Is Always Keeping It Real. Really Real.
Indeed, haters are gonna hate.The phrase has admittedly been tossed around by more than one super-huge pop star as sort of a catchall for any and all criticism, regardless of its legitimacy. But still, the simple truth is that no matter how hard you work, no matter how successful you might become, there will alwaysContinue reading “Award-Winning Writer and American Introspectionist Taffy Brodesser-Akner Is Always Keeping It Real. Really Real.”
Saturday Evening Post Editor Steve Slon Tells You How to Get Published
Ever wonder what kind of person has the audacity to take a well-known publication and completely flip the script on it in order to roll out something brand-spanking new to their national reader base? Steven Slon is just such a guy. He has a less pallid, Anderson-Cooper-thing about him, though he wears rectangular glasses andContinue reading “Saturday Evening Post Editor Steve Slon Tells You How to Get Published”
Everything I Should Have Learned in College About Professional Writing
I was going to cite a whole bunch of employment statistics—ones that show how having the right college degree helps you get a job—but instead, I am going to lay the truth down as per my personal experience: in terms of finding full-time, gainful employment, having a humanities degree today is roughly akin to havingContinue reading “Everything I Should Have Learned in College About Professional Writing”
How to Land Superstar Sources for Your Writing Projects
Often the hardest part about writing an article is just finding a decent source willing to sit with you for an interview. Even on the local level, business owners, public officials, and media personalities are usually too busy to just jump in and offer a great quote for you on a cold call. And ifContinue reading “How to Land Superstar Sources for Your Writing Projects”
Two Legendary Authors Reveal Humble Beginnings and Professional Insights at the Tucson Festival of Books
“It’s been a long time, shouldn’ta left you (left you) without a dope beat to step to…” -Timbaland Humility—aside from the obvious items in your writing tool kit (a knowledge of language, a pen and paper or a word processor, the blinding drive to produce come-what-may) humility is perhaps the one thing that will takeContinue reading “Two Legendary Authors Reveal Humble Beginnings and Professional Insights at the Tucson Festival of Books”
Living to Write/Writing to Live: How One Author Cracked the Code to Success.
Andrew Blackman is living “a writer’s life”, and you can learn all about it on his blog of the same title. The long and short of it is this: he was a Wall Street Journal staff writer for a while, then participated in NaNoWriMo in 2007. During that month of intensive wordsmithing he finishedContinue reading “Living to Write/Writing to Live: How One Author Cracked the Code to Success.”
Writing Honest Headlines, Using Keywords, and Living With Yourself
Many writers today seem more than willing to sacrifice clarity in headlines for web traffic, but more important still is consideration for the reader’s experience. Like every other citizen of the modern world, I get most of my news online. It should come as no surprise then, that like everyone, I am guilty of headlineContinue reading “Writing Honest Headlines, Using Keywords, and Living With Yourself”
This Post Does Not Include a Photograph.
Good evening readers—or morning, or afternoon. I suppose it depends less upon when I am writing this post than it does upon what time it is for anyone as they are reading it. So good whatever it is to you wherever you are. I haven’t even started on my point yet, though already I digress.Continue reading “This Post Does Not Include a Photograph.”
Sager Says—My Unlikely Conversation with a Best-Selling Author
It was by design that I was at Mike Sager’s talk with Chuck Klosterman on the University of Arizona campus during last month’s book fair. It was also by design that I harassed ever single writer and editor at the event that I could get to bend an ear in my direction. It was completelyContinue reading “Sager Says—My Unlikely Conversation with a Best-Selling Author”
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