PinnedMember-onlyHere’s Why Nobody Reads Your Medium StoriesYou’re boring. There, I said it. — Six months-ish ago, I made an effort to follow more new writers on Medium. As someone who’s been in the business of creating content for over a decade, both personally and professionally, I wanted to keep my finger on the pulse of what’s new in the industry. Apparently, not much. …Writing5 min readWriting5 min read
Sep 24Member-onlyWhat AI means for the future of publishingAs an insider in the AI industry, here’s what I predict the future holds. For my day job, I work as a content strategist for an AI data platform. That means I think about AI a lot. Not just what our technology is capable of and what’s on our roadmap…AI11 min readAI11 min read
Apr 8Member-onlyHow I made $10,000 publishing romance booksIt started in 2011. I’d always wanted to be a writer, but it seemed like a pipe dream. Something other people did. I was working as a construction project manager and daydreaming of maybe one day publishing when I discovered Amazon Kindle. I saw an opportunity, and I took it. …Romance2 min readRomance2 min read
Published inKateAaronWrites·Jul 7, 2022Member-onlyHow To Make (And Stick To) A Successful Content StrategyWhat even is a content strategy, anyway? — I’ve been making my living through writing since 2012. My career started with fiction, and when a novel I wrote out-earned my day job, I decided to follow my heart and do what I loved most. Since then, I’ve worn many hats. Author. Social media manager. Blogger. Content writer. And…Content Marketing7 min readContent Marketing7 min read
Jun 25, 2022Member-onlyThe Awful Mundanity of Living in a Failing StateAmerica’s burning but nothing changes — “What’s it like to live in America?” If I had a dollar for every time I’d been asked that since I moved here in 2015…. From British friends, some intrigued, some mildly aghast. From gas station clerks and border agents and other parents on my kid’s softball team. I can…Roe V Wade4 min readRoe V Wade4 min read
Published inThe Night·Jun 24, 2022Member-onlyReal Monster Stories: Unidentified Sea Monster Captured Off Long IslandThe Patchogue Sea Monster caught the imagination of the whole nation — The complete, original report of the capture and killing of a sea monster off the coast of Patchogue, Long Island, as published by the Defiance Democrat of Defiance, Ohio, on 3 August, 1899. Caught A Sea Monster Creature Weighing Half a Ton Landed in a Fish Net A peculiar sea monster, weighing half a ton, was caught in a fish net by John A…Monsters2 min readMonsters2 min read
Published inThe Night·Jun 23, 2022Member-onlyReal Monster Stories: The Devil Hunts in Missouri, AgainNot once, but twice the Devil was sighted in a small Missouri town — The complete, original report of not one, but two brushes with the devil. Originally reported in the Douglas County Leader, this is the version reprinted in the Butler Bates County Record from Butler, Missouri, on 15 July, 1876. The Devil We were informed the other day, by a person recently from Bryant…Devil3 min readDevil3 min read
Published inThe Night·Jun 23, 2022Member-onlyReal Monster Stories: True Tale of Mermaid Killed Near SeattleMermaids have been legendary for centuries, but in 1896, some Englishmen actually caught one… — The complete, original report of the capture and killing of a mermaid by a group of English fishermen near Seattle, as reported in the Crawfordsville Weekly Journal of Crawfordsville, Indiana, on November 6, 1896. Pacific Ocean Monster Strange Creature Killed by Fishermen Near Seattle Seattle, Wash.,Nov. 5 — A party of Englishmen who have been fishing in the Pacific discovered…Mermaid2 min readMermaid2 min read
Published inWriters’ Blokke·Jun 21, 2022Member-onlyNo, Your Book Isn’t Being PiratedAuthors, calm down. Here’s what’s really happening. — If I had a dollar for every author I’d seen distraught that their book was available on a pirate site — often even before its official release—I’d be, well, not rich, but kept in a regular supply of $5 coffee. My first book was published in 2011 and I used…Writing9 min readWriting9 min read
Published inThe Night·Jun 20, 2022Member-onlyReal Monster Stories: 100-Foot Lake Serpent Killed in Upstate New YorkThe true story of the Lake Cayuga monster — The complete, original report of the death of a lake monster, as reported in the True American and Commercial Daily Advertiser of Philadelphia, published on 10 September 1804. A Mammoth Story Strange if True! An old gentleman of venerable appearance passed through this country a few days since, and gave to a number of our citizens…Lake Monster2 min readLake Monster2 min read
