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 MoreOn 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 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 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...
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