by Brooks Mendell | Jan 29, 2022 | Communication Skills, Writing
Writing personal thank-you notes remains an effective way to stand out in the workplace. Thank-you notes send several messages, all good. They demonstrate professionalism, appreciation, and good manners. After an interview, they reinforce your communication skills and...
by Brooks Mendell | Jan 1, 2022 | Writing
In mid-2017, I started submitting and tracking my fiction writing and posted updates in 2018, 2019 and 2020. How did it go in 2021? In 2021, I submitted versions and revisions of 24 stories 106 times to 50 different outlets. This included one contest.Between January 1...
by Brooks Mendell | Mar 24, 2021 | Leading/Managing, Writing
This post introduces an essay with ideas on coordinating different types of work. Aside from the entrepreneurial artist (e.g. Andy Warhol) or writer (e.g. James Patterson) or inventor (e.g. Dean Kamen), most individuals that live off of their ideas operate within some...
by Brooks Mendell | Jan 1, 2021 | Writing
In 2017, I began submitting and tracking my fiction writing and then posted updates in 2018 and 2019. How did it go during 2020? In 2020, I submitted versions and revisions of 33 stories 128 times to 64 different outlets. This included 5 contests.Between January 1 and...
by Brooks Mendell | Apr 29, 2020 | Writing
Mystery Tribune, a magazine of fiction, non-fiction, art and photography that celebrates mystery and suspense, just published my story “Tour De Forest” (910 words; 4 minute read). In this story, Philippe, a rising competitive cyclist who just won a stage on the Tour...
by Brooks Mendell | Jan 2, 2020 | Writing
In 2017, I began submitting and tracking my fiction writing and then posted a 2018 update. How did it go this past year? In 2019, I submitted versions and revisions of 33 stories 111 times to 49 different outlets. This included 22 contests.Between...