Viewing time: 5 mins. 24 secs. The Write Question is a weekly video podcast all about writing. Today’s question is about becoming a freelance writer. If you have a question you’d like me to answer you can email me at daphne@publicationcoach.com, tweet me @pubcoach, or leave a message for me at …
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 metaphors from author Susan Orlean…. I have visited Southern California many times, on perhaps as many as a dozen different trips. But I have …
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: ruction… An unsparing novel that addresses and denunciates the sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in Ireland, John Boyne’s book, titled A …
Reading time: Just over 5 minutes When I need an immediate boost, I have a list of 21 habits or tricks I can employ to get out of the writing doldrums… I live in a city with many fine attributes: the weather is mild, the mountains are beautiful, the beaches spectacular. …
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 …
Viewing time: 4 mins. 46 secs. The Write Question is a weekly video podcast all about writing. Today’s question focuses on whether it makes sense to change horses midstream. If you have a question you’d like me to answer you can email me at daphne@publicationcoach.com, tweet me @pubcoach, or leave a …
Reading time: Less than 2 minutes I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about similes and metaphors from Lisa Halliday…. Lisa Halliday (pictured above),was the “it” author of 2018. Her first novel, Asymmetry, appeared on many top 10 book lists …
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: ineludible… I often like first novels because, while sometimes flawed, they often display an edge or a nerve that’s sometimes missing from …
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 …
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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 smarphones by Cal Newport….. A few weeks ago, my husband and I …
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