Until August, 2001 I was an entrepreneur and consultant in the field of international finance and healthcare. I also spent some time teaching at a "well known eastern business school." But two weeks before 9/11 I decided to stop everything I was doing and become a writer. It wasn't a quixotic thing so much as deep disillusionment with what I had experienced in my dealings with.... Well, that's for another story. I became a writer because I wanted to write about the stresses and values of modern life and how they effect everyday people in the real world.
The problem was that even with a pricy education I was a terrible writer. It took me a while to realize that. And then I tried to find resources to help me. And like a person who wants to lose weight or stop smoking, I found lots of people who where willing (for a fee) to give me their twelve steps to surefire success. Needless to say, that didn't work.
And then it came to me that what I want to do is become a good writer. And the key to that is learning how to write well. That's not a big leap and I'm ashamed it took me so long to figure that out. Now I'm reading differently. I'm definetly writing differently. And what works best for me is to write as much as I can, every day, and to seek out people who are willing to read what I write and tell me the unvarnished truth. I do the same for their work. I've found a few, but I'm always looking for more. Hint. Hint.
I've put this website together to share some of the stuff I've collected along the way, stuff that might help other would-be writers who want to write better. Let me know what you think. I love to hear from you!