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Giles “Finds it hard to write a

Giles “Finds it hard to write a meaningful bio, despite being a professional writer for some 15 years now. That’s horrifying. It’s frightening.” Turnbull on the difficulty of writing one’s own biography. Having to write three-line bios is at least 33% of the reason I stopped speaking at conferences. (The other two-thirds: a) I don’t like speaking at conferences, and b) conference organizers stopped asking me to speak.)