WHY?

Does the world really need another author’s blog where some hack tells you how to write and be successful?

Probably not. So I’ll try to not give advice.

What I will try is to tell my own story. If it serves as a warning to others, then maybe that’s the best I can hope for. If it gives you a different perspective on something you already know, even better.

I don’t think we can learn everything about writing from one person. We have to take bits and pieces from different people and roll them all into our own approach.

Think about it like this: in my professional career I’ve learned more from bad managers than from the good ones. Not that I haven’t learned from my good managers, but I learned a ton of what to avoid from the bad ones, and applied all those lessons to my own style.

Same with writing - I’m not a bestselling author and the odds are extremely long that I ever will be. But maybe, just maybe, there will be moments where I serve the same purpose as one of those bad managers and you will remember what to avoid. And if things go right, maybe you’ll learn a little bit from the “good manager” part of my writing journey as well.