Clearing things off my plate, or more to the point, my ongoing list of blogging topics today: 1. Last month’s Atlantic had a great article on the paparazzi and how they are changing journalism. I’ve mentioned several times on this site that I have a perverse fascination with the paparazzi, even going so far as […]
This is going to be a bit of an American Idol-ish post, as in, I’m going to imitate the annoying Ryan Seacrest and keep you guessing until the very end who won. As a brief aside, writing that line reminded me of something. I just heard one of the all-time best Crosby, Stills & Nash […]
Yes, I know its Sunday and I promised the results of my survey, which I’m not even going to bother to link to because I’ve hyped it mercilessly already and you’ve already had your chance to enter. But first, I just had to write about this god-awful book I found. I’m sorry, there is just […]
Yesterday I finished the final corrections on my most recent ghost-written book, which, I have to say, turned out to be a wonderful project, working with great people who communicated clearly and paid quickly. Best of all, they have more books they want me to write! While writing a bio for the Loft today I […]
In my ongoing attempts to takeover secure a spot for myself in the writing corner of the internet, I’ve been researching keywords. This fun little endeavor is part of my effort to find out what y’all want when it comes to writing and writing coaching. (Brief, but very important aside: Tomorrow is the LAST […]
Quick reminder–Friday, April 18th, is the last day to take part in my survey: What Are Your Writing Problems? I’ll enter everyone’s name in the hat on Saturday and post the winner over the weekend. So c’mon, go take the survey (or even a wee part of the survey) and have a chance to win […]
I am, at this very moment, guilty of doing what I tell students and clients NOT to do: Waiting for inspiration. I’ve been sitting here, with my hands on the keyboard, which is in my lap, where it is a very un-ergonomic position, waiting. Once in awhile looking around at some of the latest book […]
Today is Global Day for Darfur. You probably haven’t even heard about this event. I hadn’t. And that is because the traditional media is too busy wringing their hands over an economic crisis that supposedly nobody saw coming (um, can you say duh?) and gleefully stoking the battle between Obama and Hilary. And I’ve been […]
The question of audience is not one that often arises as a writer writes. At least, it doesn’t for me. Because I tend to write fairly intuitive first drafts, I’m not consciously thinking about who I am writing to as I write. If I did stop to think about it, I’d probably freeze up and […]
I ran across an interesting story the other day. The Harris folks did a poll on American’s favorite books. Number one, across all genders and demographics, was the Bible, big surprise. I really have to read that book one day. Since I was one of 10 people in my age group who were actually raised […]
