Darryl Brooks
Bio
I am a writer with over 16 years of experience and hundreds of articles. I write about photography, productivity, life skills, money management and much more.
Stories (149/0)
If Something Happens, Our Last Words Will Be, “I Love You”
In my early twenties, I worked construction for a while for a company that traveled the southeast building fast-food joints. For a while, the boss booked us two to a room (hopefully with twin beds). I was on one crew for a few months and roomed with this guy named Doug. He was a newlywed and every night, after we got in bed and turned out the lights, he said, “I love you, Mary.”
By Darryl Brooks3 years ago in Humans
What Will You Do When This Is Over?
There are a lot of things most of us haven’t done for a while; get a haircut, go out to dinner, go to the movies. And as they relax quarantines and people get back out into the world, many of us will rush to do things we have missed for weeks, if not months.
By Darryl Brooks3 years ago in Longevity
How to Go From Being a Writer to Being a Highly Successful Writer
There are plenty of articles out there on how to be a successful writer. Write. Read. Study. Repeat. All of that is important, and I did that for years. I have been fairly successful. I’ve sold hundreds of articles through various sites and agencies.
By Darryl Brooks3 years ago in Journal
How to Prepare to Get More Things Done
In the American south, there is a colloquialism; fixing, usually pronounced without the G sound, as in fixin’. It means you are about to do something. Some people mistake it for a synonym of preparing, but it is more of preparing to prepare. You are about to do something, but you have done nothing yet. Or, as they would say, you ain’t done nothing yet. I’m fixin’ to cook dinner. I’m fixin’ to go to the store.
By Darryl Brooks3 years ago in Journal
Is it Time to Cut the Cable?
Several years ago, a co-worker walked into my office grinning. I asked why he was so happy and he told me he had finally dropped cable. I didn’t know much about streaming, so I asked him if he quit watching TV. He said no; he had Prime, Netflix, Hulu, Vudu, and a couple of other services I’d never heard of.
By Darryl Brooks3 years ago in Lifehack
How to Start a Stock Photography Business
When I was shooting film, back in the 1980s, I tried stock photography. But it didn’t take much research, which was also more difficult then, to discover that the time and cost involved made it a non-starter for me. You had to print and label hundreds of slides, mail them to various agencies, and then hope.
By Darryl Brooks3 years ago in Photography
How to Photograph the Moon
Our entire lives, approximately once a month, like astronomical clockwork, we get a full moon. If we’re out at night, we notice it. If it’s one of those particularly bright or large or colorful full moons, we might stop and admire it for a minute.
By Darryl Brooks3 years ago in Photography
How To Sabotage Your Social Media Marketing
Are you tired of looking at your social media stats and seeing the same dismal numbers day after day? You spend a lot of time, probably too much, on your social media accounts, but your number of followers just won’t go up.
By Darryl Brooks3 years ago in Journal
How to Stop Self-Inflicting the Pain of Creative Burnout
We’ve all been there. I know I have. I open up my word processor or pick up my camera. And then put them away again. It’s not writer’s block or whatever the photographic equivalent is. It’s burnout. I don’t feel like creating. I’ve lost the spark. The magic is gone.
By Darryl Brooks3 years ago in Longevity