Notes on reading, writing, and how we actually change.
Short essays, published as they come. One a week, more or less.
All essays
I taught yoga in Granada without Spanish. The body was all I could say.
I taught yoga free in Granada and stopped. The philosophy I actually wanted to teach undermines the format I was teaching it in.
Six of my books are finished. Two people have read them.
Seven books in four years. One published. My editor and my wife are the entire readership of the other six, and I am fine saying so.
Sony sues Anthropic. Self-published authors are not in the room.
Anthropic settled with authors for 1.5 billion dollars. The list was drawn from pirate libraries, which is why most of us are not on it.
Read this before you quit your job to write
We read the statistics and quietly file ourselves outside them. What four years of writing without income actually teaches you.
200 agents said no. Now they need me more than I need them.
For four years I have been trying to be chosen. Starting yesterday, I am also a market.
Vibe Coders Learned This. Vibe Authors Have Not.
Bad code gets caught. A flattened voice passes every check. Why AI multiplies craft in writing rather than replacing it.
Seven Books, Four Years, Two Hundred Agents, No Deal
Seven books, four years, two hundred agents, no deal. What the write-a-book-for-passive-income advice leaves out, from someone who did it anyway.
India Fixes the Gate Because Fixing the Building Is Harder
India lowered its medical entrance bar to minus 40 marks. The problem was never who gets in. It is everything after.
What fiction teaches that non-fiction can't
The case for reading across genres — and why I'm writing both.
Four Frameworks I Tested Against My Real Life — and What Actually Survived
Atomic Habits, Ikigai, Frankl, Covey — four self-help frameworks tested against actual difficulty, and what survived. From the author of Unfold, released 16 June 2026.
How to read a book you won't remember in a month
Reading for retention, reading for effect, and the difference that matters.
Why I still read self-help
On taking seriously a genre most readers pretend to have outgrown.
