Reading time: Less than 2 minutes I thought naming my triplets was tough, but coming up with the name for my new book has proven to be even more challenging… My next book is in the final stages (throes?) of copy editing right now and I’ll be relieved to be able to send it off […]
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Reading time: Just over 4 minutes I received a distressing email from a client a few weeks ago. He had just run his latest article through an editing app I recommend, Count Wordsworth, and also through ProWritingAid, and Online-Utility.org, two other editing apps I favour. Troublingly, all the results were different. So, what do these
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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 blog post with a list of strategies for proofreading… It was the headline that grabbed my attention: “Seven Proven Strategies
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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 the tidy office of Joshua Becker…. My office is mildly cluttered right now. And I don’t like it. I know I
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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 blog post on selling your books…. Do you sell your book through Amazon? More importantly, do you sell it exclusively
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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 blog post about how to disarm your inner editor…. Does your inner editor ever stop you from finishing (or perhaps
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Reading time: Less than 4 minutes Are emotional disturbances stopping you from writing? Here’s how to protect the “future you”…. I started thinking about the concept of “future you” — the writer you will be days, weeks or months down the road — when one of the participants in my Get It Done program had
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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 New York Times piece on the habits of famous writers…. If you like emulating the habits of famous, successful writers,
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Reading time: Just over 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 blog post on journalling written by author James Clear…. Do you keep a journal? Or have you ever thought of
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Reading time: About 5 minutes Are you a feast-or-famine freelancer? Here’s how to avoid that prickly situation and give yourself a more reliable cash flow… I’ve been a freelance writer, editor and writing coach for more than 20 years. Whenever I use the phrase “feast or famine,” I get knowing and sympathetic looks from people
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