I trust +Gregory Lynn’s recommendations, so I clicked through to this essay and read it, and found myself convinced.

Originally shared by Gregory Lynn

I’ve been reading Kameron Hurley’s Geek Feminist Revolution. If you’re into that sort of thing, you should read it. If you’re not, you should read the attached essay anyway.

It’s about the similarities between writing fiction and writing advertising copy. If you’re a writerly type and you’re looking for ways to make money to buy you time to write the novel that’s going to change the world, well, it turns out that using words to get people to buy stuff is a valuable skill.