Archive for August, 2011
WWW – Wanton Waste of Words
First of all, that’s nice alliteration, huh? Anyway, I stumbled across a couple of study reports in my regular daily rounds and couldn’t quite believe anyone would need to know the information contained therein. Well, it’s all good to know, but, unless you’re an idiot, you really should know it already. On the plus side, [...]
How Long Is Your Outgoing?
I know that as freelance writers, a vast majority of our communications with clients and other folks is done through email. With that said, most of us do keep a business phone line for those occasions when talking directly to a client will be the most productive alternative. When was the last time you thought [...]
I Don’t Tolerate Much
I must be getting old. I’ve turned into a ind of curmudgeon. I’m finding that as I go along, I’m a lot less tolerant of stuff. Aren’t we supposed to mellow with age? Seems to be going the opposite direction for me. In my younger days, I think I was pretty happy-go-lucky overall. I think [...]
Come Over To The Dark Side
When I see a plane flying overhead, my first thought is not oh, look, people going on holiday. No. My first thought is that could crash. It doesn’t help that I used to have very accurate premonitions about air crashes some years ago, and one terrifyingly spooky one about the first space shuttle disaster. But [...]
Freelance Writing – 10 Proofreading Tips Every Blogger Needs to Know
If you are like most bloggers, you love to write. Unfortunately, you probably also hate proofreading. Here are some proofreading tips to make it easier for you to get better results with less effort: Write outside your browser. Make the writing process easier on yourself by writing outside your Web browser. When you write in [...]
The Politics of Writing
We’ve all heard the admonishment to be careful what you post on Facebook and Twitter. We are reminded that employers frequently check these sites to find out about a prospective employee. Okay. I’m down with that. If all of someone’s posts indicate they are a knucklehead then as an employer I would probably have second [...]
Plan B From Utter Desperation
The eminently sensible man who is my father always used to ask me when I was trying to get acting work if I had a Plan B. Of course I didn’t. Plan Bs were for people whose Plan As weren’t going to work. My Plan A was to become a famous actor and that was [...]
The Ten Commandments of Writing
Thou Shalt Write – Every day without fail. This, above all else is what makes you a writer. Thou Shalt Not Steal – If you put your name on it, it better be yours. At no time in the history of writing has it been easier to plagiarize. Tempting as it may be, don’t do [...]
