06
Feb
Scribbling
It was the same problem every time. Beautiful new sketchbook in hand, I'd run my fingers over its high-end cover, spine, and pages. The paper? Crisp…
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03
Feb
Not a Natural Writer
Most things in life are not hereditary. I have a confession: I am not a natural writer. Heck, I'm more of a natural basketball player than I am…
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25
Jan
Asymmetrical’s New World HQ: Montana
As of February 1, 2013, the three of us—Joshua, Ryan, and Colin—have decided to establish our world headquarters in the Treasure State: namely, Missoula, Montana. Why…
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20
Jan
Create Your Masterpiece, a 16-Step Guide
Do you wish you could create something meaningful? Do you wish you had the time to work on that thing you’ve always wanted to produce—that novel,…
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20
Jan
The Best Writing Tip I’ve Learned
There is one secret that has improved my writing more than anything else. It’s a secret so simple that it seems banal to even talk about. But the…
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20
Jan
Creating Daily Writing Habits
The following transcript is an attenuated Q&A from a recent nine-page interview between Thom Chambers and Joshua Fields Millburn in the premier issue of The Micropublisher magazine. Thom…
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20
Jan
Making Money as a Writer Is a Curious Thing
The following transcript is an attenuated Q&A from a recent nine-page interview between Thom Chambers and Joshua Fields Millburn in the premier issue of The Micropublisher magazine. Thom…
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20
Jan
A Few Thoughts on Self-Publishing
The following transcript is an attenuated Q&A from a recent nine-page interview between Thom Chambers and Joshua Fields Millburn in the premier issue of The Micropublisher magazine. Thom…
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20
Jan
Too Much Branding These Days
There’s too much branding going on. I tweeted these six words the other day. I received several questions about this statement, and so I’ll attempt to expand…
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20
Jan
10 Lessons From Publishing a #1 Bestseller
A masterpiece is a difficult thing to create. We all have at least one—usually more than one—masterpiece in us, waiting to be created, waiting patiently to…
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20
Jan
Considering Your Readership
Do you consider your audience when you’re writing? I often get a variation of this question from readers and from students in my writing class, and the…
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20
Jan
The Price of Pursuing My Writing Dreams
It turns out that the American Dream was never my dream. Rather, it was competing with my dream, clouding over my revelatory desire to be a…
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20
Jan
On Becoming a Better Writer
I am not a natural writer. Hell, I'm not even sure what constitutes a "natural writer." Perhaps Joyce and Hemingway and Dostoevsky all shimmied out of…
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20
Jan
Authentic Marketing
Modern-day advertisers are nothing but aggregators of eyeballs. They get paid to encourage you to take action. What’s the best way to make you act? To…
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20
Jan
Death of the Marketing Penny
We’re all slobbering dogs, drooling on command for today’s Pavlovian advertisements. We’ve been trained by well-paid marketers and advertisers and scholars of demography. We catch a…
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20
Jan
Writing as a Daily Priority
Take a look at your day-to-day life. Through the hustle and bustle of your daily grind, what banal, tedious, mundane tasks eat up most of your…
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20
Jan
Tell a Better Story: 3 Tricks that Aren’t Tricks
As far as I can tell, there are no magical writing secrets. There is no magic wand, no set of tricks, no way to flip a…
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20
Jan
Finding Your Writing Voice
Some rules are not meant to be broken. Some are. Many rules are pliable: they can be bent and manipulated and shaped to produce a desired outcome. The beautiful…
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15
Jan
Hello New Publishing World
The thing about sacred cows is that they don't stay sacred forever. If you look at the state of publishing just a few years ago, you…
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