As a former journalist and a communications consultant for more than 30 years, I devour books and articles about writing the way other people might eat bowlsfull of potato chips. If there is a book about writing, I’ve likely read it. (And if there’s a new one, I’m reading it shortly.) I also read about 90 blogs daily and scan the Internet voraciously, looking for new material about writing or related areas such as creativity, time management and freelancing. Writing about writing is a special pleasure for me because it helps me unite my core interests – reading and writing – and my lifetime of experience as a professional writer.
Reading time: About 1 minute This is my weekly installment of “writing about writing,” in which I scan the world for material to help other writers. Today I discuss a blog post about filler words… When I use the phrase “filler words” I bet you think of spoken ones. Word […]
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Reading time: About 1 minute This is my weekly installment of “writing about writing,” in which I scan the world for material to help other writers. Today I discuss a blog post about how cliches help writing… I abhor cliches — even though they spill out of my mouth with
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Reading time: About 1 minute This is my weekly installment of “writing about writing,” in which I scan the world for material to help other writers. Today I discuss the question: will copy editing change your manuscript? When I wrote my first book, I assumed my professional editor wouldn’t have
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Reading time: About 1 minute This is my weekly installment of “writing about writing,” in which I scan the world for material to help other writers. Today I discuss blog post about how to get better publishing advice…. Have the fates ever tempted you to ask a successful author for
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Reading time: About 1 minute This is my weekly installment of “writing about writing,” in which I scan the world for material to help other writers. Today I discuss the topic of hybrid publishing… You may recognize me as someone who doesn’t much like hybrid publishing. But in case you
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Reading time: About 1 minute This is my weekly installment of “writing about writing,” in which I scan the world for material to help other writers. Today I discuss a blog post about anticipation by Donald Maass…. If you’re a novelist, does your writing give your readers enough… anticipation? You
Does your writing have enough antcipation for readers? Read More »
Reading time: Just over 1 minute This is my weekly installment of “writing about writing,” in which I scan the world for material to help other writers. Today I ask the important question: have you met your rejection quota yet? Most people think of rejection as an entirely undesirable occurrence.
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Reading time: About 2 minutes This is my weekly installment of “writing about writing,” in which I scan the world for material to help other writers. Today I discuss a blog post that will help you answer the question, would you benefit from napping? I have never seen myself as
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Reading time: About 2 minutes This is my weekly installment of “writing about writing,” in which I scan the world for material to help other writers. Today I discuss a blog post about the value of copyright… When I started my online business some 25 years ago, I wrote an
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Reading time: About 1 minute This is my weekly installment of “writing about writing,” in which I scan the world for material to help other writers. Today I discuss a blog post about the benefits of promoting yourself before you’re ready… I help many different types of author, and one
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