I think my house is the site of a truly bizarre and under reported but not uncommon weather phenomenon. I’m quite sure a tornado hit my daughters’ room over the weekend. On Friday, it everything was on the shelves and in the drawers and it could safely be described as orderly. Then sometime over the weekend this thing happened and nothing is where it should be. I...
Read MoreA 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...
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