Professional Development: Business Letters … Beyond the Basics
You can't work with others if you don't know how to communicate, and your first communication should always be professional. Text messaging and e-mail have made the Photo Credit written word overly casual. Misspelled words, lack of punctuation, and slang terms might make a date via text message, [...]
The Ramblings: You Do Your Part, I’ll Do Mine
Decades ago my sisters and I sat on the couch on a Thursday night watching The Cosby Show. Raven Simone's character tried to convince Dr. Huxtable that she'd grown overnight. Hands fist, arms against her chest, the child leaned forward and said, "I know my body!" If only everyone else [...]
Focus on Non-Fiction: (reprint) I’m Not a Journalist, I’m a Writer
Being a writer and being a journalist are not the same things. I love to write. I'm not so keen on journalism. Below is a piece I wrotethree years ago. It still applies today. Photo Credit -- I love writing for my local papers. I’ve met dozens of [...]
Unagented, Under-Educated, and Writing by Teresa Slack
Due to some confusion and a schedule change, this month I'm re-posting Teresa's Slack's guest post from September 27, 2009. --- I was one of those four-eyed kids with my nose always buried in a book. If I wasn’t reading, I was scribbling into a tablet hidden behind my textbook [...]
Reading Reviews: Writer’s Digest
"Writer's Digest is the bible for freelance fiction and non-fiction writers, who seek to get published. Each issue contains useful, pertinent tips on writing queries, writers' rights and new markets. In addition, this perennially popular guide – established in 1920 – offers how-to advice – how to write a better [...]