Archive - Write Well And Publish Wisely

For my fellow editors out there...

The Wordsmith and the Plot Dude share their secrets of success

Jul 15 •

June 2025

Punctuation Peeves - this one never gets old

A barkeep named Jake is schooling drivers in Las Vegas

Jun 21 •

...lose yourself in the experience. Don't deconstruct magic.

Jun 15 •

May 2025

Oh, another one of Those Guys...

Newbies come in various flavors. Some have real trouble building momentum. Here are stereotypes to avoid, and how to avoid them

May 29 •

Slop, slop everywhere and not a drop of think

how to save the internet in a billion easy steps

May 26 •

April 2025

How to write a well-researched six-thousand-word article in four days flat

...with no help from AI, back in the day!

Apr 25 •

Test, test... is this on?

Message me if you can't read the rest of this. It should NOT be subscriber-only...

Apr 18 •

How do I get rid of this funny smell?

It will cling to you forever if you focus on it. Ignore it, press on, and it fades pretty quick...

Apr 14 •

They lied to me about the PNW

But I guess I've been lying to myself about fear for years, so...

Apr 8 •

Yep, that's me, 100% overindexed...

WriterMBA has transcended writing events! Time for me to transcend "overindexing"

Apr 2 •

March 2025

Hey, maybe I do have some hope of winning...

"If not writer, why writer-shaped?" part 3

Mar 25 •

It's a cage fight, and I have no hope of winning

"If not writer, why writer-shaped?" part 2

Mar 22 •

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