Reading time: About 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of metaphors by Curtis Sittenfeld… A graduate of Stanford University and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Curtis Sittenfeld is the bestselling author of seven novels. Several years ago, I had particularly […]
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Reading time: About 2 minutes Much as you might want to finish your to-do list, actually accomplishing that task is not a very good idea….. By Ann Gomez I hope you never complete your to-do list. The reality is each of us will always have a list. We can cross items off, but new ones
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Reading time: About 4 minutes Clients often ask me if their writing is “professional enough.” Here’s how to know if your writing is good enough to make the grade… I used to read a blog written by someone who had serious writing challenges. I was interested in her content, so I usually forced myself to ignore her writing lapses, even
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Viewing time: 4 mins. 40 secs. 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. This is a republication of issue #78, with advice on how to make time for writing. The post first ran on Dec. 21/18. Transcript:
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Reading time: About 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of similes from Kent Haruf… Masterful American author Kent Haruf, who died in 2014, worked in a variety of places before he started writing. These included a chicken farm in
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Reading time: About 2 minutes Does “little stuff,” like rounding up hockey gear, or booking doctor’s appointments, end up taking your whole day? Here’s how to manage supporting tasks so they’ll take up less of your time… By Ann Gomez Many busy people will tell me they could easily spend their entire day (or week)
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Reading time: About 5 minutes The inner editor — that voice inside your own head — may seem like your best, most concerned friend but, in fact, he or she is your worst enemy. Let me help you save yourself from your inner editor… I have written two books, and each time I worked on
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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 an infographic on how we spend time on social media… When I was a kid in the 1960s, my mother used
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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 revealing how to find a book editor…. I have worked as a professional editor at a weekly newspaper
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Viewing time: 5 mins. 4 secs. 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. This is a republication of issue #77, with advice on when to start new chapters in your book. The post first ran on Dec.
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