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: 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 about what makes a good foreword… Barbara Oakley — professor of engineering at Oakland University and teacher of […]
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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 an blog post on how to write description… I haven’t written a word of fiction since Grade 10, when I was
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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 the magic of three…. From the folk group Peter, Paul and Mary, to the children’s rhyme three
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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 finding enough to do… Do you have enough to do during the pandemic? I’ve been thinking about
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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 why we should stop refreshing the news… Have you heard? There’s a pandemic. Of course, you know
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Reading time: Less than 1 minute Have you ever struggled with a Committee of A**holes? 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…. My longtime friend Eve Johnson is a writer, a yoga-instructor and a posture coach. I
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I usually try to take off the week between Christmas and New Year’s as a chance to relax, regroup and plan for the next season. This year, however, I’m doing something a little different. I’m holding back my regular Tuesday blog post (AKA “Power Writing”), which should be delivered on Christmas Eve, and I’ll be
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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 winning a James Beard award… I follow plenty of bloggers (about 70 of them) although I’d never
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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 the words ‘but’ and ‘actually’…. I read a blog post this week about delivering better customer support
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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