Since the day I started blogging and researching how to do well in this industry, I’ve heard one constant piece of advice: Start building your email list. Now that I’m more experienced I realized …they were absolutely right! If you ever want to make decent money in the blogging world, you need to build an email …
“Don’t be surprised. There is nothing new under the sun. Only endless repackagings.” — John Piper I used to work for an IP camera startup almost ten years ago. Sounds a bit boring, right? It was anything but. I got to travel the world, learn new skills, and more importantly, bring ideas into reality by helping to …
Compelling writing can transport you to another dimension full of Gary’s. You come home after a long day at the office and enter your apartment building. You stroll wearily to the open elevator, looking forward to a refreshing PB&T sammich. Unfortunately, your annoying 13th-floor neighbor Gary has just come through the front door, noticed you, …
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It’s a common trope that to create true art in this world, you have to go through true tragedy first. And in the case of Anne Rice, unfortunately, it seemed to be more true than ever. Bohemian Roots Born in 1941 to a Bohemian mother and a quirky postman father, Anne had a strange childhood, …
Image created and owned by Author in Midjourney If you’re anything like me and are obsessed with getting more eyeballs on your articles, then this post might help you with that. We often read a lot about various tricks of the trade to help our stories and articles perform better. This one focuses on an …
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How many books could a Kindle book book, if a Kindle book could book books? A year or so ago, I sat down with an amazing artist to outline my first book. It was a great experience and was definitely worth taking time off my day job to complete it. But holy hell did I …
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Do you listen to music when you write? It seems that the majority of writers do. But the science behind you blasting Metallica while writing (as Stephen King used to do) is starting to say maybe you shouldn’t. Recent studies have shown that listening to background noise — especially pop hits — can actually hinder your writing. “Tasks that …
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“Change happens in the boiler room of our emotions. So find out how to light their fires.” — Jeff Dewar Headlines are the beginning of the reading journey. No matter how you cut it, your title determines how many people read your subtitle. Your subtitle determines how many people glance at your header image. Your header image …
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A simile is a figure of speech comparing two things, usually to emphasize or add imagination to a statement. Ever get bored of reading the dictionary? Or, like an owl trying to read a book during the daytime, did you just fall asleep? Most people don’t make dictionary reading a hobby for a simple reason — the …
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Here is a massive list (categorized of course) of emojis, symbols, Unicode characters, and pretty much everything else you would need to spruce up your essays, articles, and projects! Just copy and paste any of these symbols to use them. You can also try double-clicking a symbol to save time highlighting it. These symbols …
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