Posts Tagged ‘books’
Top 10 Books of 2017
It’s a little late, but you readers are a patient bunch. Actually, some of you really aren’t. You all can thank the dozen or so people who’ve been consistently harping on me to give up the ghost and share my Top 10 Books of 2017. 2017 was a down year for me in terms of…
Read MoreThe Scar – China Mieville [Book Review]
China Mieville: The Man, The Myth, The Weird-Fic Legend China Mieville has been nominated for pretty much every science fiction and fantasy award under the sun. He’s been a finalist for the Hugo Awards, Philip K. Dick Award, Arthur C. Clarke Award, World Fantasy Award, and the British Science Fiction Award. Not to mention he…
Read More6 Tips for Telling a Story That Kills Them with Suspense [Writing Workshop]
You don’t have to be a great writer to tell a great story…but it certainly helps. By great writing here, I’m not talking about your ability to craft elegant sentences, or to convey poignant, other-worldly thoughts. No, I’m talking about what some of the all-time great suspense writers have learned. That is, to tell the…
Read More4 Cornerstones of the Professional Mindset
I’ve lived a life defined by fleeting passions. Or phases as one of my best friends recently put it. There was the chess, and martial arts, and long distance running, and snowboarding, and writing, and Starcraft, and poker, and rock climbing, and writing, and… Activities that I became absolutely obsessed with, pouring immense quantities of…
Read MoreWin the Morning, Win the Day. Create a Winning Routine. [Writing Workshop]
The quest for improved productivity is sort of Sisyphean. Bit by bit we push the boulder up the mountain only to occasionally stumble, lose our grip on that chunk of granite, and then get summarily smooshed by the damned thing. Yeah, that’s right, we’re coming straight out the gates, swinging towards the fences with our…
Read MoreHow to Win Friends and Influence People [Book Review]
Since it first hit the shelves in 1936, How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie, has been the definitive text in the world of influence and interpersonal dynamics. The only other book even remotely in the same league as How to Win Friends is perhaps Robert Cialdini’s Influence: The Power of Persuasion.…
Read MoreJoin me live on Facebook in one hour!
We’re going live on Facebook at 3pm (CST)! Grab a friend, some popcorn, and join me for my first ever Facebook Live session. Today we’re going to be talking about the Psychology of Failure and how we can leverage our fails into huge wins. Also, you’re not gonna want to miss the unveiling of the wicked…
Read More4 Ways to Take Control of Your Life
Welcome to the world of fragmented attention. Let’s face it, we’re screwed. We’re deep inside a digital age that has reduced our attention spans to the equivalent of a high-functioning goldfish. From the moment we slide our slabs of meat out of bed in the morning, to the moment we cannonball back in that evening,…
Read MoreKill your darlings. Kill’em dead. (Writing Workshop)
My hard-drive is littered with carcasses. It’s a literary graveyard. Overflowing with the remains of sweet, beautiful little darlings cut down in the prime of their lives. And with every darling I’ve ever butchered, I died a little inside. Some of you will understand my murderous tendencies. Others are edging their way towards the door/back…
Read MoreGiving Away 5 FREE Time Heist Audiobooks (and 5 FREE Ebooks!)
Confession time: I love audiobooks. They’re a fantastic alternative to dragging your eyeballs across an electronic screen, or a sheet of dead tree sprinkled with bits of black ink. Problem is: Audiobooks are crazy expensive. After having gone through the production process to bring Time Heist into existence as an audiobook, I now understand why. Production…
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