Highlights on publishing, agents, manuscripts, and perseverance from the #WritersSummit22 at London Book Fair —

Having self-published a few books and now trying to break into traditional publishing, I went to The London Book Fair’s “Introduction to Rights” to learn more about the ‘selling’ side of writing. I’ve noticed some of my favourite authors distributing their stories in book and screen form, and I was…

It’s the final day of Ship30for30, and it’s been interesting to see how online culture has a tendency to reward self-appointed experts, all who share a similar tone of ‘sit down and let me show you what I know, folks’. I find it hard to engage with this and even…

On growing a business at a sustainable pace — Who says you couldn’t? Those who define their self-worth by the size of their funding rounds? Those who tell themselves that if the press didn’t cover it, it’s not a worthwhile venture after all? Those who think that money is the only valid reason to pursue anything? From being around…

Over the years that we worked together at a coding bootcamp, Chief Joy Officer Dana Svoboda became a close friend. She has been described in various ways, but the most common refrain seems to be ‘a walking form of human sunshine’. I still learn a lot from our friendship. …

My Dad is the furthest person from Oprah that anyone could get. He grew up in rural New Zealand and moved to Asia with a no-nonsense attitude that helped him to build a strong career and marriage that have both spanned almost five decades. …

What would you rather open: an e-newsletter from your electricity provider or a handwritten letter from a friend? Who would you rather get a text from: the sales rep at the electronics store or an old classmate from high school? While befriending and penning letters (or texts) to individual customers…

At high school in Auckland, the school motto across the archways of the entrance was: “Progress with vision, integrity, and love.” Long after school and over the other side of the world in London, I started to see the true meaning of the phrase and how much it resonated with…

It makes a lot of money, but it’s destroying the planet. It has so many intelligent people working there, but they’re all miserable. It’s experiencing rapid-fire growth, but its business model is unsustainable. Over the years, friends have worked at many different companies, and I’ve heard variations of the above…