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Orison Swett Marden
Before personal success author, Napoleon Hill, there was Orison Swett Marden. Financial set-backs, no sweat. Fires burning his hotels to the ground, no sweat. Earning four degrees from well known universities while working full time, no sweat. Born in 1848, … Continue reading
Binky Urban
Binky Urban is a literary agent. To the extent of my understanding, this means she reads thousands of terrible pitches and manuscripts every year, then finds one or two that are half decent and sells them to a publisher for … Continue reading
