I’m up late wrangling a beast of an editing job. The deadline is tomorrow, and I’ll be damned if this is waiting for me in the morning. I buckle down and make…
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Generative AI: What is it good for?
ChatGPT has been getting a lot of press lately as an example of how generative…
Pulling energy from the minutiae around us
When I go for walks and “Common People” by Pulp plays through my headphones, I…
There’s crying in writing
Let’s face it: writing is an exceedingly difficult, even painful endeavor. No wonder people hire…
How to be more succinct in thought leadership
Writing is hard because writing is thinking. It’s putting ideas in a certain order, grouping…
How being a cheesemonger made me a better writer
I moved to Chicago on a whim after college and realized within a week how…
Of word-hoards and whale-roads: The power of a well-chosen phrase
The English language is a millennium and a half in the making, with roots to…
How to freshen up not-entirely-new insights
In grad school, my friends called me “rags to riches.” I could get changed out…
How to write clear, succinct, and compelling stories
Years ago, as a new real estate reporter at a personal finance magazine, I spent…