by Brooks Mendell | Jan 16, 2026 | Leading/Managing, Communication Skills, Forestry, Learning, Sports, Thinking/Analysis, Writing
Daily Habits and Practice As a second grader in Cockeysville, Maryland, I came home from school nursing a bruised ego the first time we took a physical fitness test. That day, I had barely managed one chin-up after watching my friends crank out four, six and more. My...
by Brooks Mendell | Jan 1, 2026 | Writing
Happy New Year. Since 2017, I have submitted and tracked my fiction writing, and posted annual updates (here are the notes from 2023 and 2024). How did it go with my short stories in 2025? In 2025, I submitted versions and revisions of 21 stories 49 times to 36...
by Brooks Mendell | Jun 16, 2025 | Leading/Managing, Books, Communication Skills, Learning, Thinking/Analysis, Writing
I can basically do one round of creative work each day. Maybe two. No more. The attention, capacity, and focus required to write, research, and develop ideas are limited to a few hours daily, especially when life includes a spouse, children, bills, bowel movements,...
by Brooks Mendell | Jan 1, 2025 | Writing, Books
Happy New Year. Since 2017, I have submitted and tracked my fiction writing, and posted annual updates (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023). How did it go with my short stories in 2024? In 2024, I submitted versions and revisions of 24 stories 53 times to 34 different...
by Brooks Mendell | Jan 1, 2024 | Writing
In mid-2017, I started submitting and tracking my fiction writing, and have since posted updates in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022. How did it go with my short stories in 2023? Meh. In 2023, I submitted versions and revisions of 32...
by Brooks Mendell | Jan 22, 2023 | Communication Skills, Thinking/Analysis, Writing
This post introduces an essay on improving the clarity and power of blogs, essays, and articles. My go-to resources for writing advice include books such as The Elements of Style by Strunk and White and On Writing by Steven King. (My two-phrase summary...
