Common marketing missteps waste time and money. These 5 fixes are GAME CHANGERS.
WIIFM stands for “What’s in It for Me.” I hear this term used in business meetings often enough to make me question my chosen profession.
Joan Didion wrote, “Grammar is a piano I play by ear.” She’s a grammar corrector for sure. Her knowledge and instincts have served her well.
Start with loss. Lose everything. Then lose it all again. Lose a good woman on a bad day. Find a better woman, then lose five friends chasing
Wikipedia is the best thing ever. Anyone in the world can write anything they want, so you know you are getting the best possible information.
The Body Electric by James Crews Every cell in our bodies contains a pore like a door, which says when to let in the flood of salt-ions
A Denver barista takes on Michael Palin in a head-to-head cheese shop contest. The story involves post-consumer fiber, so it’s a highly educational, gratifying read.
“Dark was the night. Cold was the ground.” Nightfall, an unconsolable slide guitar, scratching, cracking, reaching, and weeping. No place to sleep. A Voyager song.
Font matters. You wouldn’t know it from my blog, since I’ve barely figured out how to post entries let alone change font, color, and leading.
“Write like a motherfucker” is a pretty good mantra. Anytime I forget, all I have to do is I brew coffee and study my mug.
If you’ve stayed at Bob’s Youth Hostel in Amsterdam, then you’re familiar with the eterna-guitar strumming of that one guy who knew just one chord.
Folks, it’s time for my NaNoWriMo update. I have just 8 more days to hit my personal goal of 30,000 revised words for my novel
At the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas, a woman complimented my sparkly Chucks. She was wearing flip-flops, the only shoes she had brought with her.
Nineteenth-century French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac drank 50 cups of coffee daily. That caffeine high fueled 15 hours of writing at a stretch.
I’m going to give you a window into my profession. Stop dancing around in excitement and pay attention. I have extremely important things to say.
One thing that never bothered the Thumbtack wheeler-dealers: plagiarism. Rather than play the role of plagiarism detector, Thumbtack happily took their cut for plagiarized copy.
I’m suffering from email overload. I’m being bugged. Or spammed. Or botted. Something involving a serious math equation and an Apple wunderkind is going on.
Edit objectively. Excessive attachment obscures all reason. The more enamored you are of those gorgeous, amazing lines, the warier you should be. Kill your darlings.
I’ve had seven bicycles stolen or dismantled for parts here in River North (RiNo) Denver. Last night, someone broke into a bunch of cars in
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