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The three-step hack for stopping procrastination
Reading time: About 3 minutes Do you need to learn the art of stopping procrastination? Here is a three-step hack that should make it relatively easy…. I frequently work with writers who procrastinate and delay. They want to write faster …READ MORE
Could you use a Count Wordsworth?
Reading time: Less than 1 minute This is my weekly installment of “writing about writing,” in which I scan the world to find websites, books and articles to help other writers. Today I discuss a terrific online app called Count …READ MORE
The figurative language of Edward St. Aubyn…
Reading time: Less than 2 minutes I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of similes and metaphors …READ MORE
How writers can go about finding an artist (video)
Viewing time: 3 minutes, 17 seconds The Write Question is a weekly video podcast about writing that I started in 2017 and that ran, more or less weekly, until April 2022. …READ MORE
What does ‘prelapsarian’ mean?
Reading time: Less than 1 minute Increase your vocabulary and you’ll make your writing much more precise. That’s why I provide a word of the week. Today’s word: prelapsarian…. It …READ MORE



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founder of four startups relating to coaching, careers and education
Daphne, your post got more than 600 likes on Facebook.
Thanks so much for writing something people care this much about.
Penelope Trunk
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founder of Action Marketing, a service that turns independent professionals
into confident marketers
into confident marketers
What I got with Daphne was more than an editor,
but a partner in making my book the best it could be.
I’ll be referring her to many clients.
Robert Middleton
ACTION MARKETING

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Associate Director, International Student Development, University of British Columbia
On my second attempt at submitting my thesis, my supervisor recommended that I look for a writing coach. I found Daphne. My thesis is finished, and I now function in my writing life and my work life in completely different ways. Daphne helped me identify the challenges that were keeping me from achieving my goals.
Michelle Suderman, EdD
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
