Why Don’t They Call Anymore?     Feel Jilted When that Client Stops Contacting You? You know how it is. You’ve been plying your craft, day-in, day-out. It’s been months since you started writing in earnest and each one of your great clients has given you top marks for work well done.  So, what’s the problem? There [...]

Here it is     Hello Everybody! How about a freebie? No, no… No strings attached. You don’t even have to leave your email address. Not a squeeze page in sight! Here’s the link to our eBook: The Internet Glossary A-Z of  Terms and Acronyms. It’s very useful; I’ve had a copy by my PC since we [...]

Just Sitting Around     Is Sitting, a Health Hazard? Since axing the day job and becoming a full time writer, I’ve been spending more time sitting than any other daily activity – even sleeping. Although I’m fully aware of the folly of my ways, I justify that it won’t be for long but I [...]

Editing Sober     Are You Stuck with Never Ending Editing? Hemingway said: “Write drunk, edit sober.” Well not all of us have those luxuries, but here’s my take on the editing tasks of an author i.e. me. When do you stop editing your work? Does anyone else suffer from obsessive, compulsive editing? How can you overcome [...]

Courage Requires Patience, Perseverance and Skill   “Courage is not the absence of fear but the judgment that something else is more important than fear. The brave may not live forever but the cautious do not live at all.” ~ A. Redmoon   Now We Know The words are well known, thanks in part to [...]

 St. Patrick’s Day Blessing     May the lilt of Irish laughter lighten every load, May the mist of Irish magic shorten every road May you taste the sweetest pleasures that fortune ever bestowed, And may all your friends remember all the favours you are owed. Go mbeannai Dia duit (May God Bless You)     [...]

Don’t be a Hijacked Statistic     Is Your Computer a Hijack Zone? As a professional writer, you know words can run away with you. Some waft through your thoughts, soothing and seductive and if you listen to their siren song, then all is lost – at least for that day. Your world is reduced [...]

Writers are Different     Finding Your Writing Fundi As a budding freelance writer bootstrapping my way into a career, the choice of resources out here in Cyberland is often overwhelming.  Writing fundi are everywhere and they’re clamoring for our attention. The challenge is finding the valuable ones. These are the doers who share and [...]