by Emily Crookston | Jul 9, 2025 | Emily's Musings
When Ideas Come Crashing In: Navigating the Creative Tidal Wave Two weekends ago, I went to the beach and my brain started doing that thing again. You know: when an idea starts bubbling up and suddenly I want to drop everything and just play with it. And that’s...
by Emily Crookston | Jun 11, 2025 | Business Development, Emily's Musings, Small Business
The Curious Self: Finding Freedom in a World of Overthinking Long-time readers know I used to be a philosophy professor. For eight years, I taught students how to think critically, analyze arguments, and question everything. But when I was ready to leave academia in...
by Emily Crookston | May 7, 2025 | AI, Marketing
You know that feeling when you’re staring at a blank page, the cursor blinking with the smug confidence of a used car salesman, as you try desperately to write a social media post (or even just a smart hook) that doesn’t sound like it was written by a...
by Emily Crookston | Apr 17, 2025 | AI
Let’s be real for a minute: Artificial Intelligence has turned the writing world upside down. Everyone’s talking about it, especially in light of The Atlantic’s investigation into the Library Genesis data set finding that more than 7.5 million books were...
by Emily Crookston | Apr 9, 2025 | AI
Last week, I was on a Zoom call with Megan, an executive coach with 15 years of experience and a book idea that had been percolating for at least 10 of those years. Together we scrolled through her AI-generated book outline, so I could see all the sections....
