Knocking knees, butterflies (who came up with that word?) in your stomach, sweaty palms, quavering voice. We’ve all been there – some of us more than others. I’m going to share with you some of the tricks of the trade to help manage and reduce your anxiety before and during your presentation. These methods are [...]
Just like most of you reading this article, I’m far from calling myself an expert author. However, I have been out here a while, submitted quite a few articles, and have definitely learned a few hard lessons about getting my articles noticed.
First, I’ll address the issue of just writing to write. You know what I’m [...]
I get questions about writer’s block all the time.
I have a bit of a different theory about writer’s block. My main belief is that writer’s block does not have to happen.
2 main sources of writer’s block
I have found that there are two very powerful yet seldom talked about causes of writers block:
1. Writers get writer’s [...]
I just finished reading The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. It was a gift from my oldest granddaughter who is in graduate school in Michigan.
I don’t read many novels anymore. I tend to read nonfiction. Occasionally I will grab one of my novels and sit down and read it and wonder where in all creation [...]
Introduction
Sometimes it may be beyond a companies or individuals budget to hire a professional writer to address their technical documentation. Although in an ideal world all technical documentation should be produced by a highly trained expert, unfortunately we do not live in an ideal. In the same way that many people will attempt to repair [...]
I have just started writing seriously only 90 days back. Earlier, also I always desire of becoming a good writer. However I don’t have the required confidence in me. Many times before, I have tried to write something. However unfortunately they all were not up to the mark. I was born and brought up in [...]
In this computer age, it is one of the finest jobs for the knowledgeable persons to become a freelance writer. It would be very ideal for everyone to be a freelance writer if they have the knowledge, which is required for freelance writing. It is up to you to decide whether you want [...]
When my first book “Starting Your Own Business” was published way back in 1995, I thought that was it. I reckoned I’d never write another one. But I was wrong. It has enjoyed many reprints, multiple editions, and proceeded over the years to generate another seven disparate titles from the same topic.
Towards the end of [...]