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What women think about ‘Letters from Ceilia’

I’m told by women who have read it that Letters From Ceilia is the best book they ever read about a young woman’s business life and choices. Being both a man and the author, I take that as high praise. I claim that the best thing about reading fiction is that it allows you to live another persons life for a few hundred pages. On that basis, go ahead and live Ceilia’s life.

The Latest Fad—Data Driven Business Decisions

It’s unfair to call out a trend as a ‘fad,’ so let’s define it. ‘An intense and widely shared enthusiasm for something, especially one that is short-lived and without basis in the object's qualities.’ Okay, that’ll do until proven otherwise. And understand, at the...

The “Fake-It-till-You-Make-It” World of College Acceptance. Only the Rich Need Apply.

Now here’s something interesting for those of you in the business of writerly endeavor. It has all the essentials of fraud, a touch of gaming the system and a link to ChatGPT. It is, of course, another example of the rich bribing their kids into admittance to top...

Sometimes a Bit of Pain Is a Good Thing

The bloody-nose on a schoolyard is a good example. My father taught me early-on that, if a fight comes to you, hit your opponent squarely in the nose. He’ll no doubt beat the hell out of you, but after that the bullies will leave you alone. I’ve not had much occasion...

Thinking Is the Writing of the Mind

If that sounds a little off-the-wall to you, consider for a moment what writing is and what it accomplishes. As I have said many times, for me, when the facts are scattered like feathers in a pillow-fight, it’s writing that grabs each feather out of the air and nails...