Published in The Writing Cooperative·Sep 27, 2019Member-onlySubmitting Your Short FictionHow to start piercing the confusing cloud of fiction markets and submit your stories. — It’s something that can be seen as taboo to discuss, the business of being a writer. In many classrooms, asking considerations of selling your work are often shunted aside in favor of focusing on the craft, often citing a fear that weighing a writer down with business concerns or money…Writing5 min readWriting5 min read
Sep 2, 2019Member-onlyEndings are HardWhat went wrong in some of the least satisfying endings in recent memory — Pop culture is having a bit of an extended moment. Without naming names, some big franchise endings have prompted some intense, continuing debate online, many accusing them of bad storytelling — something I would tend to say has some merit. …Television7 min readTelevision7 min read
Published in SUPERJUMP·Aug 13, 2019Member-onlyMaking Stealth WorkAvoiding rage-quitting through great stealth design — There is perhaps no more contentious gameplay mechanic than stealth. On one hand you have people like me, for who Skyrim takes three times as long to complete because crouch-walking is my primary mode of transportation (I also jump at any well-implemented stealth section in otherwise non-stealth games). …Gaming8 min readGaming8 min read
Published in The Post-Grad Survival Guide·Aug 12, 2019Member-onlyKeep Your Resume Updated, Even if You’re Not Job SearchingThe last thing you want to do in a time crunch is write a resume from scratch. — When you’re on the other side of that graduation stage, there can feel like no more soul-sucking enterprise than actual job searching. …Resume4 min readResume4 min read
Aug 3, 2019Member-onlyOn Not Getting Rid of Books from My ChildhoodA book hoarder’s confession. — When it came time for me to pack up and move out, my step-mother kindly stepped up to help me filter out through some of my childhood belongings to give away the things I would no longer need but may have been holding onto simply because it was shoved forgotten…Books3 min readBooks3 min read
Published in Better Marketing·Aug 1, 2019Member-onlyExcel Formatting Tricks for MarketersYou don’t need to be a math pro to clean up your data — If you ask me, I would say that I’m passable at using Microsoft Excel — I know enough to move around and to make it work, but I certainly have more to learn before I can do any real tricks. But, at my last job, several people in the marketing…Excel6 min readExcel6 min read
Published in SUPERJUMP·Jul 31, 2019Member-onlyPokémon is a Solarpunk UtopiaHow sustainability, green energy, and hope propel the franchise. — The world of Pokémon; a magical world where you train tiny pocket monsters to do battle with one another. Have you also considered that this world is also a utopia of renewable, sustainable energy? Take another look around this whimsical place. Nearly everything is powered by Pokémon — from electric…Features5 min readFeatures5 min read
Published in Ascent Publication·Jul 22, 2019Member-onlyMy Social Anxiety Follows Me OnlineHow I’ve learned to work through being afraid to post anything at all. — Imagine social media is a crowded room. Every post you make is the equivalent of cupping your hands over your mouth and shouting what you want to say to anyone in the immediate vicinity. If the metaphor was real, how many of you would feel comfortable shouting, unprompted, in a…Social Media5 min readSocial Media5 min read
Published in Better Marketing·Jul 20, 2019Member-onlyAn Introduction to TV Advertising in a Post-TV WorldIn 2019, TV ads can still be worth it, but the industry has its quirks — It’s 2019. Does anyone watch TV anymore? Actually, yes. Americans still watch four hours of traditional TV every day on average. That average may be driven by older viewers, but that’s still a lot of attention. That means advertising on television is still pretty attractive. It quickly and effectively spreads…Advertising5 min readAdvertising5 min read
Published in The Writing Cooperative·Jul 13, 2019Member-onlyRead Everything: The Best Writing Advice I Ever GotHow Being an Active Reader Changed My Writing for the Better — I am not a poet. I respect the art, but the lyrical skill eludes me. And yet it was in a poetry class that I received the best writing advice that I’ve ever gotten: Read everything. Anything with words on it, anything that an actual human person took the time…Writing3 min readWriting3 min read
