The following article was written by Jessica Kane, a professional blogger who writes for Bureau Translations—a leading company that provides translation services for businesses. If you read my last post, you'll know why I love this piece. Enjoy. Awesome...
I love the precision of the written word. Writing allows you to express yourself so much more accurately than you can in conversation. Not the first time around, of course. The editing phase, however, allows you to craft your words so that they reflect the exact...
After some of the most stressful months I can recall, I'm pushing hard on a book deadline just as new and returning clients are calling, emailing and knocking on my door. Don't they know it's summer? Seriously, I'm delighted about both the book and the writing coach...
We all need to recalibrate from time to time. This piece by executive and leadership coach Ann Golden Eglé, MCC hit just at the right time for me. I hope Ann's questions prompt some interesting soul searching, especially regarding your writing. Time to...
Like most people, I tend to avoid TV commercials. I watch old movies on commercial-free TCM. I flip between channels or hit the mute button so much that I think I must have the fastest thumb in the West. Love those remotes. So I'm always surprised when, on those...
Dad died on April 23, two days after his 87th birthday. For some reason, coming across a pledge Dad wrote on his 80th birthday seems even sweeter because of that. The piece, written a couple of years before he found the second love of his life, is very personal. Dad...
I've spent the last few weeks going through Dad's papers. Wow! For a guy who seemed pretty organized, he sure preferred to pile rather than file. Apparently round-filing wasn't his thing either. I've found printed itineraries from 2009 and nutrition articles by Andrew...
So you want to write a bestseller. Join the club. Every writer wants to write a bestseller. Every editor wants to acquire a bestseller. Every writing coach wants to incubate a bestseller. And if we all had a formula for producing bestsellers, we'd be awash in...
I pieced together the following obit for my dad mostly using his own words. My brother and I added a bit here and there, but Dad got the last word. Yet another benefit of being a writer. Check out the pic of my pops on assignment for LOOK magazine with John Lennon....
My lovely dad Leonard Gross passed away yesterday morning after a week filled with tears and laughter and so much love. He was the author, co-author or ghostwriter of 22 books, including recently self-published The Memoirs of JFK, a novel based on interviews he...
