Radon Nov 5, 2020 Personal My wife and I never thought much about radon gas until she saw how quickly it could affect the body. And now that more of us are working from home, Lovecraft Nov 5, 2020 Personal I’ve thought about this Twitter thread. Especially this one: I have a complicated relationship with Lovecraft. Today it got even more complicated. Cory Doctorow and Daily Links Nov 5, 2020 Personal Ever since I read about Roam and keeping a garden of ideas, I have been trying to figure out what that looks like for me. I don’t want to dump Austin Kleon Nov 5, 2020 Personal Doubling up on the notion of the blog as a place to learn was a recent article from Austin Kleon (another person who blogs regularly), this article What was Daily Marginalia? Nov 1, 2020 Personal David from the future: David’s Daily Marginalia (also called David’s Daily Journal) is now defunct. See the 20/ New Directions newsletter for more 12/ No more excuses Nov 1, 2020 Newsletters This week, we are trying something new. I have invited my Norwegian friend of the newsletter and author Trey Stone to share his five favourite 11/ Working over time Oct 25, 2020 Newsletters Simple habits over time help us do amazing things. 10/ Grammar Rules Oct 18, 2020 Newsletters Nouns, adjectives, commas...and Buffalo buffalos 9/ Emphatic Text Oct 11, 2020 Newsletters Cheese books and how to wrangle a comma. 8/ A Beginner’s Guide to Screenwriting Oct 4, 2020 Newsletters A set of tools to get you on your scriptwriting way. Story Gardening Sep 27, 2020 Writing Notes A favourite topic of discussion amongst the #writingcommunity on Twitter is whether you are a pantser or a plotter. A pantser writes with no plan, 7/ Growing your ideas Sep 27, 2020 Newsletters Style checkers, idea generators, and the tangled vines of footnotes 6/ Tools of the Trade Sep 20, 2020 Newsletters Hello friends, Now that I am deep into teaching, I thought this week would be an excellent opportunity to share some of the tools to help authors 5/ Emotional Work Sep 13, 2020 Newsletters Hello friends, Another week without an essay from me. It’s the end of summer and the beginning of fall, and my schedule is out of whack, and 4/ Working past the edges Sep 6, 2020 Newsletters I’m always excited by the self-published authors that are working on the margins of what is possible. They aren’t dreaming of winning the lottery Teach to Learn Aug 30, 2020 Teaching “In learning, you will teach, and in teaching, you will learn.” ― Phil Collins Next week, I return to the (virtual) classroom to teach another 3/ Room to Roam Aug 30, 2020 Newsletters For the past few weeks, I’ve been pushing out the newsletter and essay from a cabin up north. It’s been a constant fight with the internet, Marketing Failures Aug 23, 2020 Writing Notes Over the years, my writing partner Angie and I have tried many strategies to create brand awareness about Counios and Gane. Although we’ve had a few 2/ (Un)Structure Aug 23, 2020 Newsletters Lines, shapes, and disconnected points. The Source Aug 16, 2020 Writing Notes If you’ve read my bio, you’ll know that I struggled for nearly fifteen years trying to write. You’ll also see that I think the entire concept of Next page