by Giles Broadbent | Sep 10, 2022 | Books
A recent Twitter storm pulled back the curtain on the publishing business and revealed some intriguing secrets about true nature of book sales. It all began with a tweet from April Henry, best-selling mystery and thriller author. From there, readers were suddenly...
by Giles Broadbent | Jun 24, 2022 | Blog
What do a gross intestinal stone, landmark consumer law and magic have in common? All of those things come together at the King’s Bench of 1603. The King’s Bench was the most senior court of Common Law in England for most of its existence starting in the late 12th...
by Giles Broadbent | Feb 22, 2022 | Techniques
Finding your voice, something that is distinctly you, is not alchemy, it just requires you to be you, says George Saunders, short story supremo A writer’s voice: what is it? You know what it is when you read it. Charles Dickens, JK Rowling, Vladimir Nabokov,...
by Giles Broadbent | Feb 17, 2022 | Blog
The West Wing broadcast its last episode in 2006 offering clues to the characters’ futures. But some of those storylines felt wrong. Here’s why. Like the Olympic marathon, once every four years or so, I watch the entire seven-season run of The West Wing,...
by Giles Broadbent | Feb 14, 2022 | Productivity
There’s something remarkable happening out there, beginning with the letter T. And it launches our list of the top social media trends of the year. 1 TikTok. That’s it. That’s the social media trend TikTok is taking over. The place is a Wild West. It’s madness....
