Build Confidence & Credibility: First-person Pronouns Get Your Messages Heard

Irritating speech habits destroy our professional credibility. Examples of irritating speech habits are sentences that end with dangling prepositions (Where did you hang your coat at?) and conversati...

Writing the Autobiographic Voice

Today, is as good as any to give you a real B-I-G challenge. I know you can do it, but you will need to put some energy and your mind into this one. And, of course, your pen. Let’s go ahead and dive in...

Don't Kill Your Email Message for the Sake of a Word!

Communicating by email is so easy and convenient that it carries dangers of its own.

Writing and the Pursuit of Knowledge

Writers and readers alike, hark! Democratic societies -- which are a direct offshoot of liberalism -- breed relativism and leave many of us at a loss to know what is true and what is right. So what is left for us to do? Well, you don't suppose I will give the entire article in the introduction, do you?

Public Domain - The Philosophy of Freedom

The philosophy behind the public domain is simple and very powerful. To elaborate we must first look at the traditional way in which Art and Intellectual property is governed. It is controlled by one thing, and that is...

Ask a Better Question

Asking good questions is a critical skill for effective conversation. This article describes 4 ways to make your questions better.

Writers on the Rise Interviews Jon Hanson, author of Good Debt, Bad Debt (Jan. 2005 Penguin-Portfoli

WOTR: Why did you decide to send your proposal straight to publishers instead of pursuing an agent? JON HANSON: I got tired of chapping my lips on the wrong butts. It seemed to me...

How To Evaluate Writing Contests: Six Starter Questions

Ask yourself these questions before entering a writing contest or competition.

Using The Special Events of Summer To Inspire Ideas

Some suggestions to turn this season's activities into articles for publication. Summertime supplies an almost endless list of things to stimulate your writing.

How Are Writers The Eyes of The World?

Dedicated to the memory of Jerry Garcia...

Can Quotes Inspire Creativity?

Sometimes reading a quick quotation can provide writers with inspiration to continue writing. Why does this work? I do not know for sure.

Explore The Power of Poetic Expression

Putting your emotions on paper...

Why Write For The Web?

Where else can you find thousands of potential publishers from across the world within minutes?

10 Tips for Organizing a Writer's Home Office

While writers are experts as organizing words, I’ve discovered that organizing one of the major tools of their trade – a home office – is often an enigma! One of the major myths of organizing is that it will stifle creativity...10 Tips for Organizing A Writer's Home Office

Ten Top Reasons Authors Need a Web Site

If you have your own Web site for your informational products, you will get to keep all of the money after expenses--always a great advantage, and you will be seen as a market leader in your field. Here's 10 reasons.