Dear Business-Builder, Sometimes, I get flummoxed. Like a few years back — when the president of Phillips Publishing asked me to answer questions his group publishers and marketing managers had about copywriting. It was in the early 1990s, and Phillips’ president was the legendary Bob King – a truly great man, and one of the […]
Resume Tips For Military Spouses
My friends came over for the weekend and brought two small gifts for my kids. One gift was a small stuffed animal and a book, the other a small puzzle; but what stood out was the presentation! Clear cellophane wrap around the book and beautifully tied rawhide ribbons tied in a bow that was so […]
Recognizing Emotional Manipulation In Essays
Many different kinds of essays appeal to readers’ emotions. Tobais Wolff’s remembered event essay may be terrifying to some readers, David Nooman’s profile of brain surgery may be shocking, Donell Meadows’s position paper may anger fans of talk show host Rush Limbaugh whom she cartelizes as “funny and pompous and a scape-goater and hatemonger.” The […]
Challenges of Travel Writing: Sharing My Experiences
Living on the road Writing about places you see, like and fall in love with in this huge wonderful world is a very interesting experience for any writer. Professional or simply passionate about words, with a literary background or just a dedicated and traveller, we often feel the need to share our feelings and impressions […]
Top 10 Benefits to Journaling
There are countless reasons to maintaining a journal. The top ten benefits of journaling may differ from person to person. However, there seems to be general themes that are attractive in the collective unconscious. Many people are looking to daily entries of their personal experiences to reap some of the following rewards. Maintaining a journal […]
Write a How-To Book – What is Speed Writing?
If you’ve been hanging around the internet marketing world for very long, you’ve run into people selling writing systems based on speed writing. They often make fantastic claims like Write Your How-To Book in 24 Hours or Less. Oops that’s the name of my book. Sorry. Actually, the big difference is that they claim their […]
Online Freelance Writing And Other Jobs
It frees the writer from the compulsions of a tied down salaried job. On the other hand it frees the employer from being encumbered with a reluctant not up -to-the mark employee. Technology and knowledge banks are expanding so fast that a man who is right for the job might become backdated tomorrow. So from […]
Uniform Handwriting in Schools
During the early years of schooling, an important aspect of education that is either overlooked or misunderstood is the handwriting of students. Most teachers and parents seem to be carried away by the idea of developing a ‘uniform handwriting style’ among students. Not that the idea is entirely bad, but it is necessary to be […]
Let Not Adverse Critiques and Opinions Hinder Your Writing
There are, as has always been, opinions expressed by every living soul who has received a viable brain through the process of birth, and, therefore, a mortal mind processed by that healthy brain. Even when the human body has been dispossessed of its faculties through injury or disease and has been totally unable to function, […]
Need a Safe Space to Write a Book? 5 Great Tips to Create a Haven to Write a Book
Safety plus writing are two words that don’t go together when you think about writing a book. Writing a book is about taking risks, trashing the comfort zone, escaping boundaries and letting out the words that need releasing. Writing goes against the very nature we have to survive at all costs, to protect ourselves, to […]