This interview with Christopher John Farley first appeared in the Kingston Book Festival supplement in the Jamaica Observer on March 3, 2013. Background Christopher John Farley is a Jamaican-born writer who has had a significant impact on music journalism in the United States. After graduating from Harvard University in 1988, Christopher started writing for Time […]
A Book is a Business
I am trying to decide whether to traditionally publish or self-publish my memoir. As I have done more research into these two paths, I’ve discovered that a book is just one part of a serious business operation. In the traditional publishing model, I would try to get an agent by sending out query letters describing […]
Nanowrimo Update: Results from the 30-day writing challenge
National Novel Writing Month, or Nanowrimo, is almost over. The challenge was to write a 50,000 word book in 30 days. I had a head start because my memoir’s word count was 30,000 at the beginning of the month. It will be 45,000 by the end of the month. That’s 15,000 words or an average […]
Nanowrimo: Cultivating a Daily Practice
Hope everyone votes in the U.S. elections today. No matter who you vote for, it is important to exercise your right to choose a leader to represent you at the highest level. ***** Each year in November, writers around the world gear up to participate in Nanowrimo – National Novel Writing Month. The challenge is […]
Book Excerpt 2: Getting Robbed in Spain
One night, around 10pm, I was walking back to my apartment in Seville from the Internet Café less than 10 minutes away. A nicely dressed, older gentleman with greying hair, who appeared to be in his fifties, was walking behind me. I thought he lived in the apartment building next to ours and did not […]
Book Excerpt
Many people think that going to Harvard Business School guarantees future success, and it can – if you are willing to stick to the tried and true path of corporate strategy, consulting, or investment banking. If you want something different from your life, if you want more meaning, if you want to feel as though […]
Writing a Book
In late 2010, a few months after graduating from business school, I was still receiving dozen of requests for updates per month from people who had watched the CNBC documentary I was featured in two years before. The documentary was still in rotation on CNBC, Jetblue, American Airlines and on-line. I love writing, and figured […]