What if your computer were lost?
The other evening, after backing up the day’s work onto my flash drive, I realized it had been a week since I’d backed up my files onto my external hard drive. I should know better. You can’t have too many backups.
Decades ago, a co-worked told me a wildfire had once claimed his magazine’s office. In those days, before desktop computers, … Continue reading
And other traits wanna-be writers ignore.
Soon after I took the reins of the magazine, I updated its policies for submitting material. Anything potential writers needed to know about sending articles and photos, those guidelines covered.
As to each issue’s deadline, it’s posted on the Contents page.
With such specific information, prospective writers follow those procedures and meet those deadlines, right?
In my dreams.
Remember to review your verbs.
While I’ve worked and taught with several bestselling writers, I learned one of my best tips from someone who wrote picture books for children.
She advised writers to print out their first two pages and circle every verb. “You don’t want,” she said, “writing that’s isy and wasy.”
Thirty years later, I’m still seeking and correcting wasy … Continue reading