Convincing Writing, Effective Websites

Two weeks ago I attended Bend Webcam, a two-day conference that dissects online creativity and marketing. National thought-leading speakers shared their expertise in such thought-provoking detail I thought my head was going to pop right off of my neck and explode. To...

Writing Web Content and Blog Content

Last week I did my first Google Hangout thanks to Philippe Cesson, the head, or chief Alchemist as he likes to call himself, of Cesson 3.0. This marketing and training agency helps businesses make sense of technology by harnessing social media externally and well as...

Writing as Therapy

As a writing coach, I often work with individuals writing memoirs. Most people don’t write memoirs based on super happy moments. They almost always write about surviving a difficult past, and often are still sorting through related issues as they begin their...

Write Longhand or Type?

Writing coach clients ask me all the time if it’s better to write longhand or type. I answer yes. And I advise those who don’t ask that question to try both. I know from my own work that writing longhand brings different results than typing. When I’m...