Reader,every year a group of friends gets together on Garbage Beach (the locals call it that to keep people away) in San Diego to play a day-long version of the TV show Survivor. Garbage Beach, San Diego If you don’t know the show, feel free to skip to the secrets. Well, 28 people started at 11 on Saturday morning. 12 hours of puzzles, physical endeavors, and complex social schemes later, I had, for the first time ever, made it to the final 3. For those who know the show, it all comes down to…

Reader,It’s summertime! Let’s make this quick so we can all go hit the beach 🙂 3 Secrets1. Bestselling non-fiction authors read more fiction What makes people keep reading is a good story. Fiction writers are the best storytellers in the world. They know how to start a scene you can’t stop reading and keep you excited all the way to the end. When you read their books, you learn their tricks. Then you can use those same tricks to make your true stories just as fun to read. Now more important…