Writing is Like Life; It Sucks Sometimes.
Writing a book is hard. That doesn’t sound like a revelation until you try to write one. Starting a book is easy. You’re lying in bed one morning, a...
Category: writing
Dickens Was Right, Damnit
We had to memorize the first sentence of A Tale of Two Cities, which didn't seem like a big deal until I realized it takes up the ENTIRE FIRST PAGE OF THE BOOK.
The Fighter Still Remains
Back when my maternal grandfather was still here and the last of my living grandparents, I wrote, The Fighter Still Remains. With diabetes and heart problems, h...
My Own, Finished Steaming Pile of…
I am great at starting projects. I have started writing a book at least six times in my life. In the past several years I have begun learning to knit, gathered ...
Business Advice You Probably Shouldn’t Take
UPDATE: Since I first posted this, I did decide to merge my business blog with my personal blog. Since I consider the business of uncomfortable emotions ...
7 Common Capitalization Mistakes in Business Writing
“Capitalization and punctuation.” How many times did English teachers write that on our papers? We still haven’t learned. Most adults remembe...
How to Write a Business Blog
So, you set up a beautiful, fully-functional website for your business. Now, how do you get people to visit it? One of the best ways to drive traffic to your si...