I’ve talked a ton about editing over the years but it can be tricky to find all of the specific writing advice I’ve created to help writers improve their manuscript, so I made a quick video referring to a bunch of valuable resources and I’m going to organize them here for easy access. Keep in
This particular rabbit hole began when someone pointed out that OpenAi’s new text-to-video tool is named the same thing as the drug of euphoria in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. It isn’t, but it’s close. Sora is the new AI video tool that came uncomfortably too soon, and should absolutely freak you out. Soma is
In my early 20’s, after exploring Europe and South America, I felt drawn to Asia – at that time, English schools paid recruiters to seduce foreigners to small town schools overseas. I’d always planned on going to Japan, but somehow ended up in Taiwan instead. At the start of the first Sars pandemic, I was
Quick Answer Making $10,000 online fast requires either selling a high-ticket service, launching a digital product, or scaling what’s already working — not passive income schemes. Over the past decade, I’ve made about half a million bucks online. That sounds like a lot, but it works out to around $50,000 a year and half of
Like most people, I view virtual reality as a 1980’s neo-punk meme that never actually took off. We’ve seen it portrayed for decades, as the super cool futuristic tech that was always prophesied and yet failed to arrive. We laughed off Facebook’s change to “meta” as a joke, and made fun of those tacky and
I’m playing with a fun new AI tool called “human generator” – it lets you get really detailed in your options, and it feels like creating a character profile in a video game. I was impressed by the realistic quality of the clothing… usually people use Daz3D to make fantasy or scifi characters because there
This morning when I woke up, Reddit was abuzz about a hearing in the Mexican congress showing alien cadavers. I’m not a true believer, or even an X-files fan, but I’m proud of my imagination and entertaining new possibilities is something I enjoy. If my philosophy degree taught me anything, it was to never assume
In 1637, Descartes argued that machines will never replace humans, because he couldn’t conceive of a machine with levers and buttons for every word and the ability to also put them all into a meaningful order on purpose.* And there are still many – maybe if a majority – of people confidently denying that AI
Quick Answer A practical guide to working remotely from anywhere — gear, visas, money, and the stuff nobody warns you about. Updated May 2026. So, I’ve spent the last few years bouncing around from cafés in Bali to beach huts in Thailand, all while juggling deadlines. Crazy, right? If someone had told me a few
Today I decided I want to be traditionally published. Even though I like having the control of self-publishing. Even though I know I can earn more self-publishing. Even though my books routinely outrank and outsell traditionally published books. Even though I don’t need any help with editing, book design or book marketing. I want to be...
I love watching movies about writers and writing, so I binged The Lesson movie one lazy afternoon. It starts with some great quotes on writing and literature. Here’s the setup: a famous writer hires a tutor for his son. So this wannabe writer (with a photographic memory) comes to live with his wife and kid.
I’m writing this as a plan for me to follow as I’ve decided on a slightly reckless “business” idea and wanted to share it with you. Case studies are always useful, and I know a lot of would-be bloggers or even business websites are thinking “should I use AI to write articles for me?” How
