You’re ruining it for the rest of us — Once the trendy diet of the town, the ketogenic diet, over the past year, has seen an increase in the number of sceptics who call out the high fat, low carb diet as dangerous, short-sighted, and ultimately deadly. An unprecedented number of stories such as “my cousin was hospitalised!” And…

I’m not talking about exploitative content mills — While the golden days for Medium as a vehicle for earning sizeable royalties may be in the past, it doesn’t mean that earning royalties from posting content elsewhere is out of the question. I know a lot of people write passionate articles about continuing to write on Medium entirely for…

Something I never thought I’d see — Tension here in Shanghai is threatening to boil over as residents in apartment complexes all around Xuhui (a district within Shanghai) begin to walk out together in protest of the mandatory lockdowns that continue to be enforced across the city. It has been over two months since the Shanghai Government…

An examination of Disney and its relationship with world cultures — Moon Knight, Marvel’s latest offering dropped on Disney+ on March 30th of this year to a lot of acclaim. As of the time of writing, it’s sitting at 87% on Rotten Tomatoes with an audience score of 92%. Unlike a lot of other Marvel soundtracks, Moon Knight stands out for…

There are stacks of cash lining the Skillshare table — Have I been asleep for the past several years? Why haven’t I been hearing more about Skillshare? Medium is the largest collection of people on the planet who regularly discuss ways in which they can make money on platforms other than Medium. …

Either that or I’m chasing my tail again — It’s been four days since I published my latest attempt at a successful self-published book, and sales have completely halted. The complete loss of momentum feels strange, mostly because I don’t know where it came from in the first place. I didn’t tell a soul when I launched the book…

Re-igniting the old dream of self-published success — When it comes to my ambitions as a writer, succeeding with Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing service (KDP) has always been a major goal. Where most writers dream of traditional publication, I’ve only ever dreamed of self-publication success (a rare and difficult feat to achieve). Immediately upon reading that, I assume…