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: attar… I had long associated the word attar with scent, but I didn’t know its meaning any further than that and would have been […]
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Reading time: Less than 3 minutes Does the topic you must write about seem unspeakably dull and boring? Here are some tips for how to increase your interest, no matter what the subject… Imagine you have a blog piece, an article for your employee newsletter or even a long report
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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 sharing Marcel Proust’s reflections on why we read… When people ask me about my hobbies
Reading time: Less than 1 minute When you’re stressed or overwhelmed or disorganized — be smart and concentrate on one action: simply taking one step forward… I am almost neurotically well organized. But some days my organization doesn’t lead to my getting very much done. I get distracted by email. A
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Reading time: Less than 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about similes and metaphors from writer Ian McEwan’s new novel, Nutshell. As a longtime fan of British writer Ian McEwan (pictured above), I am always cheered when he produces
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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: chthonic… When I read the novel Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff, I was puzzled to encounter a word that I not only
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Reading time: Less than 3 minutes Do you ever long to engage in a couple of days of binge writing? If that kind of practice holds any appeal for you, read on to learn why you should change your mind… Right now my husband and I are binge-watching the period
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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 and Youtube video about bookmobiles… I grew up in a big family —
Reading time: Less than 2 minutes If you want to look smart in meetings here is some practical advice that will turn you into a meeting superstar… I was going to being this post with the line: Have you ever attended a bad meeting? But, d’uh, of course you have!
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Reading time: Less than 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about figurative language from novelist Emma Donoghue… Born in Dublin, Emma Donoghue (pictured above) is an award-winning writer now living in Canada. Like thousands of other readers, I was impressed
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