A rose by any other name would certainly smell just as sweet, but would anyone know about it? Names are significant. They are the opening sentence in your story. Inevitably you are going to want to set up a blog or a website and that means choosing an address, which will become a moniker. This is not just any address, but the address, the name that will embody your...
Read MoreEven though I write for a living and even though I do it nearly every day, I don’t always love it. In fact, sometimes, I really don’t like it at all. This is especially true if I’m writing a “high stakes” piece. I would consider this to be anything that someone else is going to read – which is just about everything I write! I want...
Read MoreWelcome to anyone stopping by after attending the invigorating North by North Shore conference this morning. I enjoyed meeting many great business people and hearing about their goals for blogging and social media. Even before the first blog challenge is over, I’m gearing up for another. Same deal – blog once a week for three months. This one picks up...
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...
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