45 Idioms from the World of Boxing

As you know, I’m fascinated by idioms and how their origin. The Passive Guy recently alerted me to a great post by Daily Writing Tips that includes 45 idioms from the world of boxing. Thanks to the Planetary Defense Commander for correcting a couple of them....

What Movie Endings Can Teach Us

I came across this great YouTube analysis of movie endings, and what they mean. As soon as I saw it, I knew I had to share, as many of the techniques described here can be used in our writing, too. I particularly liked the idea of closing with a return to everyday...

A Third Look at AMS: Success!

You may remember my recent posts on my experience advertising with Amazon Marketing Services (AMS). It turns out I’m either a slow learner or an incurable optimist since I had another go at it in April. And guess what? This time, it worked! I followed the same...

Washington Post’s Neologisms

According to a meme that’s been going around, the Washington Post has published the winning submissions to its annual neologisms contests, in which readers are asked to supply alternative meanings for common words. Seeing how much you all enjoyed my post...

How to Tame Amazon’s Algorithm to Increase your Sales Rank

When I launched Honest Fibs the other day, I was pleasantly surprised to find out that with just a couple of dozen sales in a few days, it had reached the phenomenal sales rank of some #40,000. This got me thinking: how is that even possible? I don’t think any...