Welcome to this website mainly about my writing. I write non-fiction to inform, entertain, and amuse. But mostly to inform. This includes a business book for the small business sector, articles, and blog posts. I also edit widely-read instructional botanical art booklets authored by my wife—we’ve produced twenty-eight so far. 

My business book, Characters Who Can Make Or Break Your Small Business, is an example of  informative, entertaining, and amusing non-fiction written in a conversational style. It can be read from cover to cover or occasionally consulted as a reference book on a particular aspect of owning and running a small business. I wrote Characters to fill an information gap after spending years searching for a comprehensive book on running a typical small business. Eventually, I took Toni Morrison’s advice, “If there is a book that you want to read but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” Characters provides insight into the roller coaster ride that is small business ownership; the elation, the despair, the successes, the failures, the laughs—it’s all there, told through 39 characters.

Examples of my writing on a variety of topics, including observations about everyday life in general, are in the “Articles and excerpts” section of this website. 

— Michael Best