Why you should be backing up and four ways to get started…

Picture this scenario. You’re in the zone. You’re writing what you feel is the best work of your life. Your writing is so terrific that you believe you deserve a Pulitzer.  Then: BOOM! Your computer freezes, and you lose everything.  Not even recovery mode can bring it back.  This scenario has happened to every writer…

Time is money, and three things to consider…

Welcome back, my fellow writers and creatives. My apologies for being away as long as I have. My day gig as a healthcare worker has taken up most of my time due to this horrible pandemic that we find ourselves fighting day in and day out. Before I begin, I just wanted to say I…

Overcoming a Dry Spell…

Greetings from DC! I know it’s been a while since I last updated. I’m a hospital administrator, so you can probably imagine how crazy my life has been since mid-March. While I can now write essays and research papers on how to staff and schedule COVID test sites and create the perfect drive-thru tent, creative…

Grammarly Alternatives to consider…

Last week I wrote about how in a previous blog I managed to use the word “fight” twenty-seven times without realizing it. Part of my writing process is to run things through Grammarly to catch any grammatical errors I might have missed on MS Word. One thing that the free version of Grammarly does not do is…

Repetitive words and how to avoid them…

Last week, inspired by my UFC-level children, I decided to write a blog on action scenes. I sat down, researched my blog, wrote it and then ran it through Grammarly for a check. With corrections made, I ended up with a score of 92. Feeling proud of my writing superiority, I sent it off to…