On occasion, I’ll come across someone who is concerned to blog or to publish articles because he or she is concerned about the reaction. I’ll guess there are many more people out there who feel that way, but I don’t meet them because they never even attempt to tackle the fear. I promise you, having someone say something bad about what you’ve...
Read MoreThere is a real quick way to sharpen your thinking and get a story out of you head pronto – it involves an editor yelling at you from across the room that you have 15 minutes to hit the send key or he’ll find someone else who can. The adrenalin levels soar and the words flow and you focus on saying what you have to say because you have no choice. Some of your...
Read MoreI have a secret to share with you. Good writing is hard – really hard. I’ve heard from many people who think they’re not good writers. They think this because they find it difficult to write, or because they read what they’ve written and they don’t like it. Neither of these are an indication that a person is a bad writer. In fact, they are two very good signs of...
Read MoreIf you really want to build readership, then you have to keep at it – when you’re tired, when you’re busy and when you’re uninspired. It will get easier. And then it may get hard again, and then it will get easier…like everything else in life. I was reminded of this by a recent post by a colleague, Kevin Haynes. He’s past his eye...
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