What a treat it’s been gathering posts from some of the best writers I know. I feel so much better leaving you for so long given the great content provided by my chums. Let’s end the week with a super post by my favorite CatalystBlogger Jennifer Williamson. Jen’s primer to business owners is a must-read…
Guest Post: Writing Etiquette
Many thanks to fellow blogger and like-minded soul Georganna Hancock for this excellent post (is it any coincidence that both she and Anne, two of my favorite people, are from the same city?). Georganna takes on business communications in a way that warms my cynical, skeptical heart. It’s why I adore her – her tongue…
Yea, It Feels Like This
You may have seen this video once or twice, but it makes me smile and gets me teary-eyed every time. This is exactly the joy you feel when you’re married to your best friend. Enjoy, everyone. 🙂 Wedding Dance
Guest Post: Put Your Own Writing First
Ah, you thought I’d abandoned you completely, didn’t you? Thanks to a few of my closest cyber chums, I’ve left vapor trails and enough incredible content from these fine writers to keep you discussing/debating until I get back. Today’s post by Anne Wayman speaks directly to that awesome Craving Balance workshop Lisa Gates has going….
Are You an Enabler?
I have to thank Kathy Kehrli for this link to a post by Angela Hoy. Angela’s a champion in our profession – she has a system in place to chase down deadbeat clients and turn up the heat, getting many of them to pay. For that, we should all be bowing down and taking turns…
Monthly Assessment – July
It’s a day early, but I may be too busy tomorrow to post my monthly review. July started out rocky – most people are on vacation, so no real work to speak of. I sat with little to do until the second full week of this month. I decided to head up to Ontario to…
Vacation Prep
With vacation time drawing nearer, I spent the weekend planning, packing, and doing chores outside (and working). I pushed the lawn mower around Sunday and then made the stupid decision to wash and wax my car. I say stupid because it was 85 and insanely humid here. That wash/wax nearly put me in a hospital….
Things I Ponder
I’m totally overworked today (amen – I have work!), so I can’t give you long, thoughtful ponderings on writing. I can, however, share with you the junk in my brain that keeps me up nights. Add your own to the list. Oh, and if you have answers, I’d love to hear them! Why do banks…
In Your Defense
There’s a reason I stopped ghostwriting books. Well, there are several reasons – clients wanting to pay in royalties (if at all); expecting me to also publicize, market, and sell the book; wanting endless revisions even with a contract that stated otherwise; and the posse coming in to trash all the work the client and…
Exhaustion and the Full Work Day
It’s only 8 a.m. and I’m ready to drop back into bed. Didn’t sleep much at all last night. Between the hot/cold spells, the aches and pains (I feel so OLD some days), the pre-vacation brain waves, and the coming change in seasons that I can just feel, I was up beyond midnight. Like clockwork,…