Archive for the Reading Category


Six word stories can say lots.

Published May 8th, 2008

Sometimes when I go out and talk about the ideas in AWNM, I have time do some exercises with the audience.  And one of my new favorites is the six-word memoir,which helps demonstrate and hone the power of story.The idea comes from the endlessly entertaining book, Not Quite What I Was Expecting, in which people famous […]

My 5 favorite books on writing

Published May 5th, 2008

This post is getting a lot of hits over at JohnnyBunko.com.  Some of you might find it interesting, too.

Speech impediments

Published April 11th, 2008

I devoted some of my misspent youth to writing speeches for politicians. Tim Ferriss of The 4-Hour Workweek fame found that intriguing — so we did an interview on effective speechifying, which is now posted on his incredibly popular and preposterously useful blog.  Added bonus:  You can see Tim breakdance.  

A book that made me paranoid

Published March 26th, 2008

Last month at Naperville Reads, I was talking with the amazing folks at the equally amazing Anderson’s Bookshop about what titles they were excited about for the spring. A few people mentioned Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother. And since I’d heard about the book and been intrigued by it, I snagged […]