Great Writing from Award-Winning Writer… that works.

“Brian Overland makes programming simple.” — Art Sedighi, PhD

“[On Lord of the Flies]: Beautifully explained. I’ve taught the novel a number of times and wish I’d had this simple, eloquent explanation for my students…. [On Hamlet] : Thank you for this incredible post... Deep, amazing insights.”

“Brilliant! Your chapters are always fun to read. Great pacing from beginning to end.” — Comments from fellow writers.

“I always love reading your stuff.” — Tim Patterson, creator of MS DOS 1.0.

Meet Brian Overland — Background

  • Programmer/Writer for Microsoft, promoted to Manager of Technical Writers. Taught Visual Basic to 3.5 million programmers

  • Published eleven (11) textbooks with major publishers. Some picked by Barnes & Noble as “B & N Top Picks in Technology.”

  • Close to 100 million views on the internet, with 12,000 followers. Recognized by Society for Technical Communiation (STC) and Pacific Northwest Writers Association.

  • Won public-speaking prizes while at Yale University (1980).

Writing Services


  • White papers and marketing position papers (written for Microsoft and Lumenvox LLC).

  • Experienced blogging.

  • Ghost Writing.

  • Editing. Many years experience evaluating and improving others’ writing.