# writing book (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 7 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover writing book. Page: Feed: --- ## [When your boss makes you doubt yourself](https://everydayisastrategyday.substack.com/p/when-your-boss-makes-you-doubt-yourself) _2026-08-19 · David Lancefield · Every Day is a Strategy Day_ Why some leaders stay in your head long after you leave the room. ## [The North Sea is not just about the North Sea](https://edconway.substack.com/p/the-north-sea-is-not-just-about-the) _2026-08-18 · Ed Conway · Material World_ The weird and wonderful world of gas, in all its different flavours. And what the strange chemistry of methane has to do with one of the most controversial issues facing the new UK government ## [The Radio, the Submarine and the Tariffs](https://edconway.substack.com/p/the-radio-the-submarine-and-the-tariffs) _2026-08-16 · Ed Conway · Material World_ What a smashed Toshiba boombox can teach us about Trump, transshipment and the mysterious hidden routes of world trade ## [Three great podcasts for academics](https://desperatelyseeking.substack.com/p/three-great-podcasts-for-academics) _2026-08-13 · Desperately Seeking_ Featuring writing and pedagogy, and bonus footnoted podcasts on writing ## [The Perversion of Montessori](https://lizwolfe.substack.com/p/the-perversion-of-montessori) _2026-08-05 · Liz Wolfe · CITY WITHOUT CHILDREN_ When did we stop believing that kids can do real work? ## [What happens when you become someone else for a day?](https://everydayisastrategyday.substack.com/p/what-happens-when-you-become-someone) _2026-08-05 · David Lancefield · Every Day is a Strategy Day_ How stepping outside your usual identity can reveal more of who you are. ## [Real Talk About Writing a Book, Episode 5](https://desperatelyseeking.substack.com/p/real-talk-about-writing-a-book-episode-146) _2026-08-04 · Susana Ramírez, PhD, MPH · Desperately Seeking_ On copywork and learning how to write a book ## [At least one very good reason to pre-order Trade World](https://edconway.substack.com/p/at-least-one-very-good-reason-to) _2026-08-03 · Ed Conway · Material World_ What no-one tells you about writing a book. And my shameless attempt to confront it... ## [Is good design part of the thinking?](https://everydayisastrategyday.substack.com/p/is-good-design-part-of-the-thinking) _2026-07-30 · David Lancefield · Every Day is a Strategy Day_ Why I want the design of my book to help people read it, remember it and use it ## [I'M WRITING A BOOK!](https://lizwolfe.substack.com/p/im-writing-a-book) _2026-07-29 · Liz Wolfe · CITY WITHOUT CHILDREN_ By the grace of God alone ## [Countdown to Getting Paid (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Hx3lwAObAMbu) _2026-07-29 · **Sponsored**_ Create a shareable wallet timer — deposits buy back time and pay debt down ## [What Andy Burnham's £80 T-shirt really tells us](https://edconway.substack.com/p/what-andy-burnhams-80-t-shirt-really) _2026-07-29 · Ed Conway · Material World_ This isn't just a story about expensive clothes. It's about where things are made, about why you can't really trust what it says on the label and about what happens after the "end of geography" ## [The Most Important Trainer You've Never Heard Of](https://edconway.substack.com/p/the-most-important-trainer-youve) _2026-07-27 · Ed Conway · Material World_ This is the story of how an obscure sneaker that didn't even carry the logo of the company that made it, helped to change the world - in ways we're still reckoning with even today... ## [How to use summer to decide what matters next](https://everydayisastrategyday.substack.com/p/how-to-use-summer-to-decide-what) _2026-07-22 · David Lancefield · Every Day is a Strategy Day_ What a change of rhythm means for how you lead, decide, and create impact every day ## [The Factory We Had to Build Again](https://edconway.substack.com/p/the-factory-we-had-to-build-again) _2026-07-21 · Ed Conway · Material World_ Rachel Reeves, John Healey, and the surprising story of Britain’s return to manufacturing. With some big explosions along the way ## [How to Turn a Story Idea into a Novel Premise](https://plotandpublishstudio.substack.com/p/how-to-turn-a-story-idea-into-a-novel) _2026-07-09 · Jennette · Plot & Publish Studio_ The missing step between a great story idea and a novel readers can't put down ## [What to do when you’re successfully stuck](https://everydayisastrategyday.substack.com/p/what-to-do-when-youre-successfully) _2026-07-04 · David Lancefield · Every Day is a Strategy Day_ How to face the fears that come with success, responsibility, and the life you’ve already built. ## [Real Talk About Writing a Book, Episode 4](https://desperatelyseeking.substack.com/p/real-talk-about-writing-a-book-episode) _2026-07-01 · Susana Ramírez, PhD, MPH · Desperately Seeking_ Finding time to write a book when you have a heavy service workload. ## [How to Create Characters Who Naturally Drive the Story](https://plotandpublishstudio.substack.com/p/how-to-create-characters-who-naturally) _2026-06-30 · Jennette · Plot & Publish Studio_ Picture this: you have a great setting, a character you love, and a scene you’re excited to write — and yet after you write it, it sits there on the page like a sack of cement. ## [The Apple-Banana Paradox](https://edconway.substack.com/p/the-apple-banana-paradox) _2026-06-29 · Ed Conway · Material World_ Why the story of the world's favourite fruit is actually the story of everything ## [The emotional work of writing a book](https://everydayisastrategyday.substack.com/p/the-emotional-work-of-writing-a-book) _2026-06-29 · David Lancefield · Every Day is a Strategy Day_ What I’m learning about fear, comparison, feedback, and sticking to it ## [Find it on Amazon (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/HBLE543P6Du0) _2026-06-29 · **Sponsored**_ Open the Amazon product listing to see details and availability ## [The Missing Pipe](https://edconway.substack.com/p/the-missing-pipe) _2026-06-26 · Ed Conway · Material World_ A short history of how Britain chose the wrong heating system a century ago, and why we are unnecessarily sweating our way through a heatwave in 2026 ## [Real Talk About Writing a Book, Episode 3](https://desperatelyseeking.substack.com/p/real-talk-about-writing-a-book-episode-5f4) _2026-06-24 · Susana Ramírez, PhD, MPH · Desperately Seeking_ What draft am I on anyway? ## [Real Talk About Writing a Book, Episode 2](https://desperatelyseeking.substack.com/p/real-talk-about-writing-a-book-episode-a72) _2026-06-17 · Susana Ramírez, PhD, MPH · Desperately Seeking_ On starting over as a way to engage with hard but good critique ## [Strategy was never meant to stay at the top](https://everydayisastrategyday.substack.com/p/strategy-was-never-meant-to-stay) _2026-06-16 · David Lancefield · Every Day is a Strategy Day_ What five emerging forces mean for how you lead your life every day ## [Real Talk about Writing a Book, Episode 1](https://desperatelyseeking.substack.com/p/real-talk-about-writing-a-book-episode-603) _2026-06-15 · Susana Ramírez, PhD, MPH · Desperately Seeking_ In which I tell you how my book came to be & beg for readers ## [Stuff Matters!](https://edconway.substack.com/p/stuff-matters) _2026-06-15 · Ed Conway · Material World_ I've only gone and made a blooming podcast ## [How fracking changed the world](https://edconway.substack.com/p/how-fracking-changed-the-world) _2026-06-12 · Ed Conway · Material World_ An energy boom has changed geopolitics. It might help explain what's happening in the Persian Gulf. ## [A well-made book can still fail the person who needs it](https://everydayisastrategyday.substack.com/p/a-well-made-book-can-still-fail-the) _2026-06-03 · David Lancefield · Every Day is a Strategy Day_ Why I'm testing every idea in Daily Strategies against the pressures of a real-life day ## [Reflections on Food & Communication](https://desperatelyseeking.substack.com/p/reflections-on-food-and-communication) _2026-05-28 · Susana Ramírez, PhD, MPH · Desperately Seeking_ The 4th Conference on Food & Communication, Lille, 2025 ## [Why your organisation's culture is hiding in a spreadsheet](https://everydayisastrategyday.substack.com/p/why-your-your-organisations-culture) _2026-05-28 · David Lancefield · Every Day is a Strategy Day_ What leaders fund, measure, protect, and ignore tells people what really matters ## [Generate Viral Hot Takes (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/QzxpwwkVdNsO) _2026-05-28 · **Sponsored**_ Get platform-optimized hot takes and rebuttals to spark debate and engagement ## [How I’m actually writing the book](https://everydayisastrategyday.substack.com/p/how-im-actually-writing-the-book) _2026-05-21 · David Lancefield · Every Day is a Strategy Day_ The desks, walks, conversations, tools, and habits helping me turn an idea into pages. ## [The Five Stages of Writing and Publishing a Book](https://plotandpublishstudio.substack.com/p/the-five-stages-of-writing-and-publishing) _2026-04-21 · Jennette · Plot & Publish Studio_ A clear path to writing and publishing a book—from first idea to finished book ## [How to Find the Heart of Your Story](https://plotandpublishstudio.substack.com/p/how-to-find-the-heart-of-your-story) _2026-03-25 · Jennette · Plot & Publish Studio_ (Discovering why you want to write it.) ## [How to Start Writing a Book When You Feel Completely Lost](https://plotandpublishstudio.substack.com/p/how-to-start-writing-a-book-when) _2026-03-17 · Jennette · Plot & Publish Studio_ Why so many writers feel stuck—and the four questions that bring clarity ## [Welcome!](https://plotandpublishstudio.substack.com/p/coming-soon) _2026-02-25 · Jennette · Plot & Publish Studio_ Writing a book is creative. Publishing it is technical. Most writers feel lost somewhere in between. ## [Competitive Sensemaking is Live](https://everythingstudies.com/2026/02/04/competitive-sensemaking-is-live/) _2026-02-04 · Jnerst · Everything Studies_ Public debate is how societies do their thinking. To keep our shared belief systems functional we must know how to disagree constructively, and exactly what goes wrong when we don t do so. Why and how do communication failures make public discourse incoherent, dysfunctional, and polarized? Competitive Sensemaking: An Upgrade to Common Sense on Disagreement is Continue reading Competitive… ## [2025: The Final Final Year](https://everythingstudies.com/2026/01/06/2025-the-final-final-year/) _2026-01-06 · Jnerst · Everything Studies_ I really mean it this time. For the last few years, these yearly summaries are the only things I ve published on this once-much-more-active blog. I m writing my book Competitive Sensemaking, which I got a grant to write back in 2022. Optimistically it looked like I could ve finished it in 2023, I definitely feel I should ve Continue reading 2025: The Final Final Year ## [An Academic's Year in Review](https://desperatelyseeking.substack.com/p/an-academics-year-in-review) _2025-12-31 · Desperately Seeking_ And planning for the next one ## [FREE ORIGINAL INSPIRATION - Oi](https://thewritetime.substack.com/p/free-original-inspiration-oi) _2025-02-03 · Brian Monahan · The Write Time_ An Action Not A Thing ## [Hello readers, it's me, Brian.](https://thewritetime.substack.com/p/hello-readers-its-me-brian) _2025-01-27 · Brian Monahan · The Write Time_ Looking for love in all the wrong places. ## [After 2024: On the Cusp](https://everythingstudies.com/2024/12/27/after-2024-on-the-cusp/) _2024-12-27 · Jnerst · Everything Studies_ Another year comes to an end. If you re reading this you might know that I m currently writing a book. After a few years writing 100+ essays on this blog, some of them achieving some modest success, I received a grant from the Mercatus Institute at George Mason University in the middle of 2022. They were Continue reading After 2024: On the Cusp ## [What If?](https://thewritetime.substack.com/p/what-if) _2024-12-24 · Brian Monahan · The Write Time_ The Cure for Pessimism & Writing Your First Book ## [Dunning-Kruger and Dumb and Dumber: What It’s Like to Be a Bengals Fan (and an Aspiring Author)](https://thewritetime.substack.com/p/dunning-kruger-and-dumb-and-dumber) _2024-12-16 · Brian Monahan · The Write Time_ Dunning-Kruger and Dumb and Dumber: What It’s Like to Be a Bengals Fan (and an Aspiring Author) ## [#80 — Survey Says?](https://thewritetime.substack.com/p/80-survey-says) _2024-12-02 · Brian Monahan · The Write Time_ My Book Writing Discovery ## [#79 — Halfway to Nowhere](https://thewritetime.substack.com/p/79-halfway-to-nowhere) _2024-11-25 · Brian Monahan · The Write Time_ The Decade Is Rolling By—Are You Ready to Write Your Book? ## [Gift ideas for the academic in your life](https://desperatelyseeking.substack.com/p/1120-gift-ideas-for-the-academic) _2024-11-19 · Susana Ramírez, PhD, MPH · Desperately Seeking_ Try as I might to be less consumerist, I do love some good STUFF. Here are some things that people in your life with a job like mine (maybe even you!) might appreciate. ## [#78 — The Power of Being Honest About Your Strengths](https://thewritetime.substack.com/p/78-the-power-of-being-honest-about) _2024-11-19 · Brian Monahan · The Write Time_ You don't need to be the expert in everything. ## [#77 — Your Book Is On The Inside](https://thewritetime.substack.com/p/your-book-is-on-the-inside) _2024-11-11 · Brian Monahan · The Write Time_ Why are you looking outside? ## [Four books about food and culture centering Native experiences](https://desperatelyseeking.substack.com/p/four-books-about-food-and-culture) _2024-11-05 · Desperately Seeking_ Plus two books for the younger readers in your life ## [#76 - Feeling stuck? Can’t get that first book started?](https://thewritetime.substack.com/p/76-feeling-stuck-cant-get-that-first) _2024-11-04 · Brian Monahan · The Write Time_ Feeling stuck?