Look Where You Want to Go
I have an on-again, off-again relationship with motorcycles. When I first got my license, the toughest part of the riding exam for me was the tight turn in the maneuverability portion of the test. At a slow speed, you have to turn the bike 180 degrees inside of a box...
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Stopping: The Most Important First Step
One of the most important questions I ask applicants to our Arche Year Cohorts at the School of Kingdom Writers is “This program takes ten hours per week. What are you going to give up?” Their answer to this question is probably the best indicator of their success in...
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Twitter had a product viability issue. Elon Musk is solving it.
Statistically, left turns are 55 times more dangerous than right turns. Did you know that? You’re far, far more likely to be injured turning left than turning right. Imagine that there was a car company that made a really sweet car, but in light of the...
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Do you pine for Jesus?
Have you ever been in love? Like just gotta be with them, can't get enough love? Have you ever been separated from the one you love? Do you know that feeling—that feeling that wells up inside your chest like a volcano bulges the Earth’s crust before it...
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Becoming a Professional Writer Is Hard: These Two Opportunities Will Help
Becoming a writer is hard. Statistically, it’s just as difficult as becoming an Olympic athlete or a professional musician. Yet as writers, we tend to believe that that anyone can do it and all it takes is a laptop. Even worse, we believe that we can do it all on our...
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Level Up Writer – AKA Don’t Uncle Rico
My oldest son wants to be a YouTube star. Not to brag, but he's good at it. For twelve years old, he blows me away. He takes it seriously. He studies the craft of other YouTubers, reads book about it, and tries new things. What he's producing is way beyond his age. He...
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You’re trying too hard. Don’t cute your logo.
Before I got into publishing, I worked as a small business consultant. I helped small businesses develop their brands and implement web marketing campaigns (website, social media, etc.). Becoming an author is exactly the same as developing a small business. Just like...
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Should Christian writers use profanity in their stories?
There are about six words that are ever-present in the real world, but taboo within Christian culture. How do we, as Christian writers, tell good stories about the real world without these six words? Is it OK for Christian writers to include profanity in their...
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Opportunity Cost: The Writer’s Guide
The math may be hard, but the concept is easy (and so important)! Plus 5 bad investments authors love to make. What is opportunity cost? You might hear this word thrown around in a business sense from time to time. Opportunity cost is the idea that if you invest in...
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21 Ways to Ruin Your Protagonist’s Life (without compromising their morality)
I met with an author yesterday to review her developmental edit. Like many first-time authors, she was struggling to make enough bad things happen to her protagonist, especially things that might be perceived as the character’s fault. Understandably, she wants her...
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