Hello! I’m Dylan Tweney.

I’m a journalist, poet, editor, and the founder of Tweney Media.

I’ve been writing newsletters and blogging since the 1990s and have been a columnist, podcaster, and editorial leader for publications including WIRED, VentureBeat, Business 2.0, and InfoWorld. I’m a swimmer and a meditation practitioner, and those often show up in my writing. I also created tinywords, the world’s largest journal of tiny poems, which is now in its 26th year. (!)

My business is helping tech execs write like they mean it. At Tweney Media, I work with companies to communicate leadership through bylines, blogs, research reports, and more. I’m a speechwriter, ghostwriter, podcast producer, video scriptwriter, and writing coach — all of those in service of helping people develop their ideas and turn them into powerful prose.

I am also a trained Listener Poet, and I love writing poems for people.

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Some highlights of my writing

Most recent posts

  • The dot-matrix era of AI writing
    Some day we’ll stop pretending we aren’t using AI. Then we can get back to the real work. Unfortunately, too much AI writing right now is obnoxious.
  • Two weeks in a monastery
    While I don’t tend to mix my Buddhist practices with my writing and editing business, I’m wondering today if maybe a little more mixing might be a good thing.
  • Five things for June 4
    The “five things” format dates back to the days of Livejournal, apparently. I was prompted to try it by this piece by Summer Brennan. 1. “Things would go so much… Read more: Five things for June 4
  • Inner life
    At Tennessee Beach, on the Marin headlands just north of the Golden Gate, jagged fins of soft, striated rock curve down on either side of a verdant valley mouth flecked… Read more: Inner life
  • Can you use AI to write?
    I’ve been saying for awhile that AI is a useful tool but that it’s no replacement for thinking things through yourself, which is what the process of writing helps you do.
  • How haiku can help you be a better writer
    Haiku helped me become a better headline writer. They have helped me write better subject lines for emails. But most of all, they’ve helped me enjoy and appreciate life more.
  • Finding your flow as a writer
    What do you do when your creative flow feels blocked, your energy levels are low, or you simply don’t feel you have anything to say? I studied with a famous… Read more: Finding your flow as a writer
  • Never let AI write your first draft
    If you want to stand out from the sea of AI slop in 2026, you need to make AI work for you — rather than the other way around.
  • The magic of magazines
    tl;dr: I helped make a magazine! I fell in love with magazines as a young adult. In college, I contributed to the campus literary magazine, the school newspaper, and an… Read more: The magic of magazines

All my posts since 1999

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