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A Lesser Photographer Audiobook

I’m finally recording an audiobook for A Lesser Photographer [https://www.cjchilvers.com/a-lesser-photographer]! But, let’s face it, it’s a small book. So, to beef it up a little, I’m planning interviews with creators who feel strongly about the ideas in the book. If

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Write for a life.

My useful pinned reminder in Notes:

Write for a life.
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The Arguments Folder

My son was scrolling through my notes app recently and saw a folder with a skull and crossbones icon. He saw the fear in my eyes and asked me what was in this dark, scary folder. Are you an over-thinker like me? If you are, you know there are

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Things 3 Is Step Zero

I wrote an article for The Sweet Setup on how to use Things 3 to start and manage writing projects [https://thesweetsetup.com/how-to-use-things-3-to-streamline-your-writing-process/] (among many other things).

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Be a Lazy Billionaire

I was inspired to start updating my oldest available book, The Van Halen Encyclopedia [https://www.cjchilvers.com/the-van-halen-encyclopedia], by a few great ideas I’ve seen from others over the past month. I thought they might inspire you too. I began by updating the book in

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New Newsletter: Issue #256: Remembering Fun and Rest

Office gravestones, a book that isn’t for morons, and your first mistake as a writer — it’s all in the latest newsletter [https://mailchi.mp/cjchilvers/issue-256-remembering-fun-and-rest].

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New Newsletter: Quick Father's Day Issue

Payback is fun. The tropical storm killed my grill. Never go full Telecaster. It’s all in the latest, special edition of the newsletter here [https://mailchi.mp/cjchilvers/issue-255-quick-fathers-day-issue].

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New newsletter: Issue #253: Begun the newsletter wars have

Why you don’t have to take part [https://mailchi.mp/cjchilvers/issue-253-begun-the-newsletter-wars-have]. Subscribe here [https://www.cjchilvers.com/subscribe].

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The best business advice he ever got...

Josh Morgan Brown, CEO of Ritholtz Wealth Management, on the best business advice he’s ever received [https://overcast.fm/+XutQNSKaM/19:38]: > “Make yourself useful. Go up the most successful person you can find and say, ‘What is the 20% of your job that you hate the most?

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A Lesser Photographer Gets a New Cover

I loved the work Daniel Benneworth-Gray [http://danielgray.com] did on the A Lesser Photographer [https://amzn.to/2Z1kGxB] eBook cover, so I asked him to make a version of it for the print book, and now both versions have the same awesome cover design. The new front cover

A Lesser Photographer Gets a New Cover