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One-Way Idioms

I don't think I'll have the same tone every day, but the first few days the tone has been pretty dry. How's that working? I don't really have any readers yet (nor do I expect any, these early posts are called filler so that when I eventually write something interesting ...

Other Things

I studied Architecture in College. I was a computer nerd from birth (well, close), and one day I realized software was a better career than Architecture. I got into it the hard way, but I've done alright for myself. I also make furniture when I feel like it. And I ...

Telling Stories

I almost titled this post Learning to Write, but decided that was wrong. I went to English class. I even paid attention, strict grammar be damned. I wrote a novella once. I wrote essays and research papers. I wrote for a newspaper. I wrote that blog that almost killed me. ...

Choosing Ghost

A lot of people blog via Wordpress. A lot of people are wrong. Here's why I chose Ghost.org instead: 1. Markdown If you're not familiar with it, go get familiar with it here and here . Markdown (and it's screenplay variation, Fountain ), are the future of manuscripts. It's already ...

Day One

Once upon a time I had a blog. I wrote long articles two or three times a week, and practically killed myself trying to make the content as great as possible. I got invited to do some public speaking off that, which was kind of neat. But the pace just ...