My Burnout Update
Thanks to everyone who left a comment or sent me email in response to the previous burnout post. I’m…
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Poll: Help me name an important event
For years I’ve struggled with Father’s Day. It was a reminder of a difficult relationship and a tough problem that…
My Creative Burnout
I’m ten days into the worst burnout of my life. I’ve discovered, in times like these, it’s a challenge…
How to Ignore Pessimistic Family and Friends
[Every Tuesday I write about the top voted question on Ask Berkun. This week’s question is from Gord, with…
Irreverent Roundup of Writing Advice (Q&A)
[Every Tuesday I write about the top voted question on Ask Berkun. This week it’s a roundup of unanswered…
What Questions Never Leave You?
[Each Tuesday I take the top voted question from readers and answer it (submit yours here). With 119 votes, this week’s winner…
Starting Today: Berkun Book Club / Making Things Happen
One of my most popular books, Making Things Happen, was published 10 years ago. Originally titled The Art of…
How To Write A Memoir
The Ghost of My Father has received some of the best reviews of all six of my books. I’m grateful…
How Do You Know When You’re Done?
The more creative the project, the more subjective the answer is for when it’s finished. If the project was…
Can bad workplace communication be fixed? An interview with Phil Simon
My friend and fellow author Phil Simon has a new book out today on on one my favorite subjects:…
Reading Group: Making Things Happen (Starts now)
One of my most popular books, Making Things Happen, was published 10 years ago. Originally titled The Art of…
28 (Better) Things No One Tells You About Publishing
The recent Buzzfeed post by Curtis Sittenfeld called 24 Things No One Tells You about Publishing was fun to read. I’ve…
Live Q&A: How To Write a Memoir
[Update: The writeup and video from this event can be read/watched here] Interesting in writing a memoir? or did you…
How does physical fitness help productivity?
Each Tuesday I take the top voted question from readers and answer it. With 143 votes, this week’s winner was from…
Live Q&A: When should it be?
UPDATE: Poll closed. Date now set for Wednesday March 4th, 12:00pm. RSVP here. One of the promised rewards to…
Quote of the week: Pesca on Williams, Stewart and the Truth
Mike Pesca hosts The Gist podcast on Slate, one of my favorites. He had this fantastic piece on Wednesday, 2/11 which…
The Night of The Gun, Review
“We all remember the parts of the past that help us connect with the future.” – David Carr, The…
How Do You Make People Think?
[Every Tuesday I take the top voted question from readers and answer it. With 65 votes, this week’s winner was from…
The Paradox of Expertise
A previous essay, Why Smart People Defend Bad Ideas, continues to get feedback, despite the fact that I wrote…
Why You Need To Watch Bitter Lake
As a writer I think often about storytelling and different ways to tell stories. I recently watched Bitter Lake,…