You’ve heard about the cobbler who has no shoes? Well the same often goes for writers and writing coaches. We get so busy helping others that we lose the time, energy or inclination to do our own writing. Sometimes, however, seemingly out of nowhere, the urge snakes through the weeds and grabs you by the… Continue Reading
How to Write a Blog: It’s a Process
Just because I’m a blog coach doesn’t mean that cranking out a weekly blog post is easy. As a busy professional who works as a writer, editor, writing coach and blog coach, carving out the time is write a blog—especially my own—is hard. To be honest, I struggle with the fact that sometimes it’s just… Continue Reading
Blog Writing with a Blog Coach
Not so long ago, a lot of people seemed confused by the term writing coach. If you’re one of those, then the fact that I’ve added blog coach to my list of offerings will really flummox you. It all started when one of my friends admitted that she didn’t blog because she didn’t have the… Continue Reading
Branding Yourself? Presto!
Anyone who reads this blog knows how I feel about marketing. It’s critical, especially for authors. I’ve learned this the hard way, after several books I was proud of, which I had either written or co-written, did not see the success they deserved. Now more than ever, we writers have to take responsibility for marketing… Continue Reading
When on Deadline a Buffer Can Save Your Butt
I hate working on deadline. So I avoid it. No, that doesn’t mean that I don’t take jobs with specific delivery dates. I just make sure to finish the work well before it’s due so I don’t have to experience that deadline pressure. A lot of writers aren’t like that. Years after trading staff positions… Continue Reading
Amazon Publishing for Short Prose
Have you ever been told by an agent or publisher that your idea was interesting but just didn’t seem big enough for a book? Or perhaps editors have stated that your articles were just too long for their magazines. Those two problems may just wind up being a saving grace thanks to Amazon publishing’s Kindle… Continue Reading
Grammar Outs: Quaker TV Commercial
Being assaulted by TV commercials that are always louder than the program you’re watching is bad enough. But do we really have to suffer through an assault on grammar at the same time? The following is the most egregious offense I’ve heard lately. This comes courtesy of a Quaker TV commercial about granola bars and… Continue Reading
Me vs I
Grammatical mistakes are a funny thing. Some go almost unnoticed and really don’t matter in the grand scheme of things. Others seem like daggers ripping at the very fabric of the English language. The most common of those has to be the overuse of the word I. Most of us with any level of education… Continue Reading
The Art of Writing a Book Media Release
I seem to be writing more and more media releases these days, what with writing coach clients launching their books and businesses needing to promote themselves. Between my background as a journalist and my years of writing, I know how to attract an editor’s attention. Still, I was tickled when writer Sandra Beckwith asked for… Continue Reading
Self-Discovery Through Writing
Why do we write? Certainly not because it’s easy. The only people who think writing is easy haven’t written much—or at all. No, most of us write either because we have something we need to say or because we have ideas we want to explore. And for some, it’s all about self-discovery through writing. I… Continue Reading
Literary Agent:
Ted Weinstein
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