Welcome to September. This Labour Day, let me share more info on my favourite kind of labour, the writing craft. Another trick of the trade. Over the course of the summer , I’ve explained a way to approach writing work. Does your finished product inform, entertain/engage and lastly, inspire? Here, I want to address inspire before concluding […]
Sharing ideas. Inspiring others. If I am ever going to recommend one platform for everyone to use, it would be Pinterest. I’ve had an account for years and left it inactive. This is not a reflection of how I feel about it. Anytime I heard people talk about Pinterest, it is all positive. They found a […]
The editing process is underway. Revising is revisiting. Looking at the page and screen, you are looking to ensure that the end result of the work is satisfactory. Be it to you, or your clients if working an assignment. The questions I ask myself in the editing process while going through any spelling or grammar […]
The page or screen has something on it. The blank space is filled with something. It may be completed, or a work in progress. Editing by definition is evaluation. The process begins with looking over what you have. It’s a look over as to how and if what is written could be improved. Freelancers know […]
Several people have been exceptionally kind and complimentary in many of my “shop-talk” posts. A colleague with several decades of experience as a trial lawyer recently suggested that I could teach a writing class. Incidentally, it was the words of a late Manitoba Judge who explained that in speaking to people you might be able […]
A night at the opera. For many this would be a great pleasure. For myself it would be the equivalent of a dental drill in my skull minus the anesthetic. One day I will go and attend one live just because my other half enjoys it. There is something so painful about hearing those […]
It is a major work. Every minute spent on researching and writing this book was well worth it. The very day when it struck me to write Planned UnParenthood I knew I was on to something very special. Five years after the initial release, it still is something special. Shortly after the release, a reader […]
