When I wrote the post about writing a resume, I did not intend to create a series. That post has become the most popular I’ve written. Part of the popularity, of course, came about because the post was part of a group writing project and was Stumbled several times. However, there does seem to be a strong … Read more
I recently described my love of reading that began in childhood and continues today. The article Get Lost – In a Book talks about research done at the University of Toronto that shows: Frequent fiction readers may thus bolster or maintain their social abilities unlike frequent readers of non-fiction. The article also quotes from Robert McKee’s book … Read more
Liz Strauss at Successful-Blog is generously giving all bloggers a chance to show off their blogs this weekend at the Blog-to Show. So this weekend is a Successful-Blog Blog-to Show. It’s a Virtual Auto Show for Blogs. Detail your blog. Polish the trim and come show it off. We’ll line them up, look them over, and … Read more
Emma Bird and Joanna Young at Absorbing Writing: Writing Workshops In Italy are soliciting input in planning their next writing workshop. Tell us about the ingredients of your ideal writing weekend. That might be a weekend you’ve already enjoyed, one that you’ve got planned, or one that you’re hoping to take part in, some day. … Read more
Look at me … Listen to me … Give to me … Help me … How did it become about loving yourself instead of loving your neighbor as yourself? This was intended to be an entry in Liz Strauss’ 25 Words of Work / Life Wisdom Writing Project but I got tied up on a … Read more
Job-seekers often think they need a resume that will get them the job. However, the purpose of the resume isn’t to get you the job. The purpose of the resume is to get you the interview. For most positions, hiring managers are faced with a formidable stack of resumes. Just like editors reviewing writers’ query letters, … Read more
The second quarter of the year brought almost 300 comments from 192 commenters – about the same number of comments from more commenters than the first quarter of the year. The number of comments continues to amaze me since this blog doesn’t get a lot of traffic. The comments have encouraged and educated my readers and … Read more
At the beginning of June, I let you know that I had written a guest post at John Hewitt’s Poewar: Writer’s Resource Center. Today, I learned I had won the prize in John’s guest post contest. In his announcement at John wrote: … we had a very clear winner for the contest. The average article received about 500 … Read more