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 | Nov 28, 2025 | Leading/Managing, Communication Skills, Learning, Thinking/Analysis
Introduction I have been thinking about processes, habits, and routines after, once again, incinerating hours of my life watching videos online. Two situations account for most of why or when I get offtrack and surrender my attention. Fatigue. I’m tired and sit at the...
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 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...
by Brooks Mendell | Jan 1, 2023 | Writing
In mid-2017, I started submitting and tracking my fiction writing, and have since posted updates in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. How did it go in 2022? In 2022, I submitted versions and revisions of 26 stories 74 times to 46 different outlets. This included three...
