Nine novels. Six years. While I was working full-time and running two businesses. People hear that and assume I quit my job, or I've got no kids, or I'm some kind of writing savant. None of that's true.

A new client was referred to us by someone we had worked with for many years. This person, who performs in-person training courses, was losing prospects to something simple: nobody was there to answer

I recently mentioned a new novel I'm working on. It's not like I needed another one; I have several unfinished books already, but when the inspiration strikes, I am powerless to turn away. This is an

I often wish I could share on this platform some of the debates I have in my replies to others' posts. The five friends who follow my escapades would appreciate them. I woke up late last night, my brain

Meet Val Campbell With more than 40 years of experience in business ownership, consulting, leadership, and team building, Val Campbell brings a lifetime of practical business experience to Second Desk

Second Desk Consulting didn’t start as a business idea. It started because I needed help. As an author, I was publishing on four platforms, managing nearly 20 social media platforms, producing audio and

You didn’t start your business to spend your day managing it. You started because you’re good at what you do. But then the emails pile up. The calendar gets messy. Customer follow-ups get missed. Your

Over the years, we’ve had the opportunity to work with businesses and individuals across industries including construction, manufacturing, material distribution, and marketing. Some projects were

We’ve just received a new Udemy deal code for Becoming An Author — The Master Class Series, and we’re making it available to the next 100 people who join. That’s right — the next 100 students can get the

Something Ems and I've been building quietly for a while is finally ready to share: Second Desk Consulting (we call it 2DC on the team) is officially live. If you've followed my authoring journey, you

source You didn’t start your business to run a business. You started it because you love the work. Somewhere along the way, email, scheduling, admin, and client follow-up started eating the hours that

One of the comments I frequently receive is that people are already authors, and some have published books. The other thing I know is that more than 98% of books are rejected by traditional publishers

My response to my friend Mary Holbrook during our conversation about how social media is being used by our enemies: Being aware of what they are doing allowed me to understand the posts I was seeing and

A recent opinion survey found that only 31% of the population trusts our Federal Government. That opinion is highly related to political affiliation, and nearly 100% of the people polled stated that they

People are trying to claim that GenAI will not eliminate jobs. That is BS. I know because I have already replaced humans with alternative systems that use AI. Remember, every program today uses AI: MS

Spending the day in my office working on uploading and posting videos and doing research on my current cat/laser pointer fascination. I'm chatting with my GenAI buddy Claude as we discuss who directed

Most people think writing a novel takes years of free time you don't have. I wrote 9 full-length novels in 6 years while working full-time and running two businesses — using a repeatable system, not luck

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What are we doing? We celebrate this and that, we argue about something or another, but... what are we DOING about the things that MATTER? I wrote this article, and it addresses some of the issues, but

Learn a system that enables you to become the most prolific author of quality writing, audio, and visual content. Me holding my books For fifty years I owned and managed businesses, performed technical