Review Your Work

Do you give yourself time to make revisions?

I could have settled for the versions of the magazine articles I’d completed a few weeks ago. I’d already gone over the layouts several times.

Since they were for the next issue, I had set them aside while I completed this one.

But today as I revisited those pages, I kept seeing aspects I could improve. … Continue reading

One Book or Many?

How could you read just one?

The author’s Facebook question seemed straightforward. Then I realized it suggested a situation for writers I find virtually impossible.

His question: “What book (other than the Bible) are you currently reading?

Stop and consider that. Do you see something not quite right?

Of course he assumes any writer would be reading a book. What puzzles me is how … Continue reading

Name Calling

Do your social media posts undermine your message?

The past few weeks, several writers weighed in multiple times on the latest issue that’s polarized people across the nation.

As the developments continued, some writers’ posts grew progressively heated, finally degenerating into name-calling.

I can only assume they want their published writing to reach only those with whom they agree. After all, those who … Continue reading