On this page you’ll find a collection of links to my articles/videos and resources I found helpful. (This page is being expanded regularly)
My YouTube Channels
Resources about everything that interests me can also be found on my YouTube channels:
- StoryLines | My Video Essay Channel (YouTube | Rumble)
- Michael Brig | Tutorial Channel (Only on YouTube)
Blogging
To all the content creators out there: If You’re a Blogger, Promote Your Writing Here
Here are the tools that I use for this blog:
- WordPress (I use it via my provider Hostinger)
- Search in Place (Plugin | Creates a search bar that searches your website and can be placed anywhere on any page or post – I have it in my archives page)
- Contact Form 7 (Plugin | It creates a contact form that you can connect to your mail)
- Mailing List (For my newsletter and book giveaways, I use a provider called MailerLite)
Articles on Blogging:
- How to Start Blogging
- Blogging in the Age of AI
- Blogging in English or Your Native Language
- Life’s a Journey, Not a Destination (So Is Blogging)
- I Like Seth Godin’s Approach to Blogging
- Why I’m Going to Write Daily Blog Posts Now
- Don’t Use Pop-Ups on Your Website
- Real-Time Biography Blogging
- I Will Never Publish Ads on My Blog
- How Long Should Blog Posts Be?
- Write For Humans, Not Machines
- How to Use Blogging to Become a More Interesting Man
- Why Everyone Needs a Website
- Why I Don’t Recommend Writing on Medium
- Niche Websites Are Over — Build a You Website Instead
- Writing a Blog Will Improve Your Writing
- Link Out to Others
- Share Your Numbers Transparently
- 9 Reasons to Have Numbers in Your Headlines (Number 5 Will Surprise You)
- Don’t Be a 14-Year-Old Online Guru
- The Main Difference Between a Personal and a Corporate Blog
- Writing Less Will Be a Marker of Human Writing Soon
SEO / AI Optimization
To get eyes to your articles, you need to optimize your web presence a little. Here are some of the things that I found out about that optimization process:
Becoming an Author
The main reason this website exists is that I try to turn my hobby of writing stories into something more. The website tracks my progress and reports in real time on what I try, fail, and (hopefully) succeed at.
The Grok Diary
On February 22nd I simply let Grok decide what I should do every day to become a successful indie-author within 5 years. Here is a collection of the AI’s best advice:
Recommended Fiction Books
Here are the books that I found to be enjoyable and valuable reads:
Classics
- The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
- 1984 by George Orwell
- Animal Farm by George Orwell
- A Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
- A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
- We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
- Erewhon by Samuel Butler
Non-Fiction Books
About Writing
General
- The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins (explains the theory of evolution in layman’s terms)