Image by Jill Clardy via Flickr In online publishing there is an oft repeated mantra about writing for your readers. While it is true that you should write for your readers rather than search engines, there is a gaping hole in the advice. When you face the blank page to tell your story, the last [...]
5 Tips to Instantly Improve Your Communication Skills
September 1, 2010 By 10 Comments
This is the third post in a series on communications in the digital age. You can read Part I and Part II here and here. I ran across a statistic at the HBR website that drives home the need for being able to communicate well. According to a recent survey of 120 blue-chip American companies [...]
Exploring the Heart of Writing
August 9, 2010 By 8 Comments
Image by Vanessa Pike-Russell via Flickr Last week, I read a post by Joanna Paterson at MidLife Journal on Facebook in which she distinguished writing with a capital “W “from writing. The phrase resonated with me and I found myself thinking of it, turning it over, and journaling about it. Joanna wrote: “…writing doesn’t need to [...]
Community, Inspiration and The Muse
June 21, 2010 By 26 Comments
Image via Wikipedia Today is the first official day of summer, an appropriate day to trade hard cover tomes of business and industry for deliciously just for fun paperbacks. This post is lovingly for all my writer friends who inspire and challenge me in every season. Grab your flip flops and come build sand castles [...]
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