Archive - Grain & Ink Co

What 13 Years Behind a Camera Taught Me About People

I started photography in 2011.

Aug 31 • Mike

On building slowly and on purpose

One lesson I learned the hard way you can’t get to the end of the race without running it.

Aug 24 • Mike

I almost didn’t take the job.

Aug 17 • Mike

Why I became a storyteller before I knew I was one

In high school I used to envy my friends who could hold a room just by talking.

Aug 15 • Mike

The New Em Dash

A conversation about writing, AI, and the tell everyone's starting to notice

Aug 14 • Mike and Fifa Tran | Seen & Amplified™

54:56

I saved a baby from a burning house

I take a deep breath, then bust the door open, look to my left, to my right… nothing.

Aug 10 • Mike

AI Is a Mirror: What Writing With AI Reveals About You

Interview with a premium online ghostwriter

Aug 7 • Mike

53:29

BAB Copywriting/Storytelling Method

BAB - Before, After and Bridge.

Aug 4 • Mike

20:54

July 2026

I Still Can't Believe What Happened This Weekend

How a five-day portfolio and one terrifying "View Decision" button got me into grad school.

Jul 27 • Mike

Brevity in writing

Most people use a page to say what could have been said in a sentence.

Jul 22 • Mike

Here We Go Again

After two hours and thirty minutes of driving in this U-Haul, I see the sign, the one I’d been dreading for two and a half hours.

Jul 20 • Mike

The 10 year old rituals I don’t notice until they’re gone.

Jul 16 • Mike

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