InterrroClayton

This is a very cool idea: InterroClayton. Clayton Cubitt is selling his brain. One cell will cost you $1 $2. I did it. Try it. You might learn something.

This is not a reinvention story

I've switched beats at Forbes, and it's been pretty rewarding so far. I wrote about the process:

The week before that I took a pole dancing class and discovered that I would make a terrible stripper: “Gyms for Women Sell More Than Fitness.”

Today, I interviewed a porn lawyer, talked to a co-founder of Taser, and set up a meeting with a molecular mixologist.

I plan to talk to the guy holding the sign on the corner with the reference to the Bible on it, but I haven’t done that yet.

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Follow the leader

I'm a little late to the party on this one, but I love it.

The plight of the unreal writer

Pavilion, Chicago, Illinois

"Yet I don’t feel like a real writer. Both a screenplay based on a true story and a novel based on my own early life came grinding to a halt. Without being egotistical, I’ve been around long enough to know they are both excellent topics, great stories. But I just freeze up after three chapters or a couple of acts. I can’t seem to keep going. The bio-novel made me incredibly anxious, bringing up memories I don’t want to deal with but must to get them on the page. So I tried it as nonfiction, a pop-culture documentary, switching the focus somewhat and looking at events from a more journalistic angle. Nup." -- "Is Journalism Killing My Creativity?"

Take my advice

Over on my Forbes blog this week, I'm doling out advice. Got a question? Want my advice? Prefer to be anonymous? Email me.

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Scenes from my life as a freelancer

Mannequin, Chicago, Illinois
I finished up my "How to Get a Freelance Job in 5 Days" series on Forbes with this post:

You think reading advice is the same thing as taking action on advice that has been given.

You think being inspired by watching a TED talk is the same thing as being inspired by creating something no one has ever seen before.

You think writing Facebook status updates for $100 an hour is impressive.

It isn’t.

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Advice from Ice-T

"You don't get credit for being safe in life." -- Ice-T

On writing books

[via this isn't happiness]