Body Parts and Censorship If you were to read a book to a child that contained the word “scrotum”, would you be offended? Or would you see it as a no-nonsense description of a body part? That’s the controversy boiling right now over a Newbery-winning book The Power of Lucky by Susan Patron. The story,…
Author: lwidmer
Breathe! Oy! (she said with her fake Irish lilt) What a week! I’ve been busy before, but this week topped it. How busy? I went through most of yesterday thinking it was Thursday! So I spent the day conducting three interviews, sitting in on a web demo of software, and writing three articles – all…
Why I Blog Another day, another meme. Today I’ve been tagged by both Kathy Kehrli and Kristen King and asked to list five reasons why I blog. So here goes: 1. I blog because I have to get it all out.The problem is there aren’t enough hours in the day or ears available when you…
Steady Work I’ll admit it – since my dry spell this past year (read that my “severe drought”) I’m much more concerned about sitting idle for more than a day. That started me on a search for regular work. And lo and behold! Didn’t I find two regular gigs? I’m here to share my hard-found…
The Phrase That Pays It worked again! For the second time in three months, I advised a colleague to use the following line at the end of a long-past-due invoice: “Please pay within 15 days to avoid litigation.” This time, my colleague and chum Kevin Prutzman applied it to a very late bill. Nearly instantly,…
I’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling Here’s to my second official bitch-and-moan day! My chum Kathy Kerhli (who taught me the fine art of bitching with style) wrote an interesting post the other day about a client who kept expecting more and more out of her long after he’d stopped paying. I thought to myself “Wow,…
Run Forrest, Run! The temptation as you’re first starting out is to take anything that pays even a penny a word. However, there comes a point in every writer’s life where the job description makes a person want to flee for the exit. Trust that feeling and read on. I had this feeling a few…
The Week that Blew Up Did you ever have one of those weeks? I just came off one of the strangest weeks in my career. It started okay, but midweek it all went ka-flooey. I had written an article for a pub I’ve written for in the past, when I get this call on my…
I’ve Been Tagged!I’m still not sure what a meme is, but Yvonne Russell just tagged me and told me I’m it. 🙂 So I’ll follow her lead and come up with my own personal contract: I will serve all clients with the same amount of attention and respect. I will work hard to grow my…
‘Nother Contest Thanks to my chum Kathy for this link to yet another novel contest: http://www.brianagincourtmassey.com/contests/bfcguidelines No entry fee for this one. Have at it!