The Writing Life
“Complement” and “compliment” often are mistaken for each other, much to the chagrin of anyone who knows (read: obsesses about) the difference between the two. It’s an easy mistake to miss, too; the words won’t be flagged by any spell check or grammar check. It’s yet another reason to remember the advice of most writers and editors: do not rely on spell check.
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Some weeks, much of my writing is done for others. By the end of those weeks, I begin to feel edgy. Writing for others may bring some satisfaction, but it’s writing for myself – writing that may or may not be shared publicly – that brings it wholly.
A few weeks ago, I was asked if I had any tips for aspiring or new writers. Two things immediately came to mind: read a lot and work with a mentor. I then decided to work on a list because I knew two tips weren’t nearly enough. [Read more…] about 13 Tips for Aspiring Writers
I’m sometimes asked how I deal with failure or how I keep moving forward when I struggle with perfectionism. One of the tricks is to keep a forward mindset as well as an other-minded one. The other, to borrow a phrase from Paul Jarvis, is to “view everything as an experiment.”
I happened to get into a long chat on Twitter about blogging the other day. The long and short of it is that I was trying to help someone see that a blog had to tie into a business’ aims. It couldn’t be an afterthought nor could it ramble from one irrelevant topic to another no matter how popular those topics were.
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