Hobby or a Business?

This question has two aspects.

This year’s tax season again drove home this lesson. For me, writing is much more than a hobby.

If you derive any of your income from writing, you’re likely familiar with needing to render to Caesar his share.

Beyond any financial aspects lies the more significant question of how seriously you take your writing.

Even if you write part time, after … Continue reading

Working on the Cheap

What’s the worth of your writing tools?

When you spend significant time writing, it helps if your writing tools work for you, not against you.

For the past year, my desk chair’s been fighting me. Once it was fully adjustable for height, seatback angle, and seat angle. But months ago, the seat adjustment quit working. Several times each day I’d adjust the angle. Each time, it would … Continue reading

Fine-tune Your Writing

Why settle for sentences that are just okay?andy-scheer-2016-10

by Andy Scheer

I could tell the writer had been rushed, didn’t know better, or just didn’t care.

I based that assessment on a single sentence. Here it is, in a Hemmings Motor News profile of the 1971 Ford Ranchero Squire … Continue reading