Welcome to the first issue of This Just In completely managed from my website!

We’ll be singing, “Bye-bye, Miss American Pie. Drove my Tesla to the office, but there was just one guy.”

Elon Musk wants everyone to pay $8/month for Twitter verification, but will that save the platform or alienate people?

Hurricane Ian dumped a half-year’s worth of rain in 24 hours and Central Florida’s lakes couldn’t keep up. But, is the statement true?

This Week In Writing, we take a quick break from our regularly scheduled programming to encourage you to vote.

I don’t know who you are, but I’m grateful for your support, and I hope you enjoy all the things you read.

Every post-apocalyptic movie ever made will soon culminate in the Saudi Arabian horizontal skyscraper city.

Full-time freelance work might be the goal for many writers, but it’s not for everyone. Here’s why I’m saying goodbye.

Reboots are in now, right?

Eat Your Words is evolving. Kind of.

Two different companies’ reactions to the same grief-fueled situation highlight the importance of customer service

Everyone expects you to monetize your online growth, but should that be the ultimate goal?

Losing a client is an excellent reminder that not everything lasts forever. How we respond is what matters.

Acknowledging our dependence on technology is crucial to developing better methods to prevent addiction and abuse.

There’s an audience for everything, no matter how mainstream or obscure. As we create our audience will slowly build.

We’ll enjoy our entertainment more if we stop putting so much pressure on the things we enjoy and the creators who make them.

For better or worse, most of the food we eat today is because someone used creativity to pair ingredients that otherwise wouldn’t go together.

Thanks to an affinity for films like Minority Report, Enemy of the State, and Anon, I take my data privacy seriously. Do you?

It’s really easy to beat ourselves up when life happens. But what good does beating ourselves up serve?

Do you want to know how to win everything this year? Sure, we all do. The answer is a lot simpler than you realize.

You sure can try to multiply your productivity, but I guarantee it won’t happen. Here’s what you can do instead.

Saga’s return uncovers a vast catalog of successful freelance writers creating characters and worlds that many are unaware of.

We may not live like The Jetsons, but tools like Apple’s Shortcuts help us save time and make living in the real world more enjoyable.

Living our best lives requires continual refinement, growth, and education. How are you investing in yourself?

Japanese calligraphy, or shodo, turns handwriting into a unique work of art. No matter what our handwriting looks like, it’s also art.