Okay, hear me out through the pretentious sounding title – this is legitimately a very common mistake I made all the time when I was a newer writer. I’d been talking about it on Twitter over the weekend, and wanted to organize my thoughts a little more coherently so that hopefully other people can avoid this mistake. Let me give you a couple of examples. On my first big attempt at a fantasy novel, I had a plot hole where I needed my characters to figure out where a specific prisoner was held. I had done a lot of worldbuilding…

My day job is marketing at an insurance company. We just had the busiest week of the year for us; it’s a big reason why I’ve been so scarce. What we end up doing is having a lot of our agents back in the home office. Before we go much further, I need to clarify something important. A day in the life of a typical insurance salesman is…. rough. It’s a lot of time sitting in your car, driving, meeting new people for a short time, and then driving again. It’s a very isolating job for our agents, even our…