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How to Survive as a Writer in a Capitalist Dystopia by Russell Nohelty

I just finished reading How to Survive as a Writer in a Capitalist Dystopia and I was intrigued by how he broke down audience growth. Specifically: * It's ok and very possible to pay for advertising to get newsletter leads, and you can see this as a way of

Good Strategy, Bad Strategy by Richard Rumelt

A good strategy defines a critical challenge. What is more, it builds a bridge between that challenge and action, between desire and immediate objectives that lie within grasp. -- from Good Strategy, Bad Strategy by Richard Rumelt There's so much I didn't understand about strategy before

Influence Is Your Superpower by Zoe Chance

"In almost any negotiated agreement the key ingredients will be similar: dreams and data."

Several Short Sentences About Writing by Verlyn Klinkenborg

"There are innumerable ways to write badly. The usual way is making sentences that don’t say what you think they do."

Hospicing Modernity by Vanessa Machado de Oliveira

I’m not going to finish this one right now, although I think it’s an important book. I’ve made it about a third of the way through. I tend to agree with this review in Resilience. Specifically: With all the admonitions, I was prepared to be deeply affected

Start More Than You Can Finish by Becky Blades

I’m reading Start More Than You Can Finish, by Becky Blades, which I believe I found through Tracy Durnell’s page documenting her explorations into creative process. I was instantly intrigued by the title, having also read Charlie Gilkey’s Start Finishing, which obviously has some similar themes but

Fables and Spells by adrienne maree brown

"if you can’t see the small you will keep leaping from built thing to built thing"