Find Your Writing Niche
Find your Writing Niche: Thank you, Great Britain
June 17, 2014This spring my husband and I spent three weeks in Europe and visited seven countries. We didn’t worry about a language barrier because the rest of the world speaks English. I own several forei ...
Find Your Writing Niche: Summer and Writing
June 10, 2014The warm weather helps us relax, and it’s easier to let writing slide during these months. Instead of putting off that novel or feature story until fall, use the summer to motivate yourself to g ...
Find Your Writing Niche: Take pictures of people and places
June 3, 2014I often have to take pictures of the people I interview, so I carry my camera with me to every story I cover. Sometimes the publication sends its own photographer. Not a problem. But I still need ...
Find Your Writing Niche: WordPress and Pat Haggerty
May 27, 2014WordPress makes sense when Patrick "Pat" Haggerty explains it. This teacher/workshop leader knows the details, understands the nuances and helps students problem-solve. He starts from the b ...
Find Your Writing Niche: When you travel, even to Mom’s, there’s a story along the way
May 20, 2014You don’t have to visit Rome or Tokyo to write a travel piece. The towns and byways between where Mom and other relatives and friends live hold a wealth of stories. 1) Dog parks. About 37 per ...
Find Your Writing Niche: Look around at your surroundings for ideas
May 13, 2014Ideas for stories are all around us. People continue to achieve outstanding feats, survive overwhelming odds and make life happier for others. Think in terms of events and holidays. 1) Memori ...
Find Your Writing Niche: Learn from friends and colleagues
May 6, 2014Writers know to read and study “How to” books to improve their writing and to study the masters, e.g., Hemi ...
Find your Writing Niche: Cindy does hair. I don’t!
April 28, 2014At the beauty salon my hair stylist, Cindy, told me how she and her daughter, also a hair stylist, attended a workshop and learned more ways to use foils. An image of a piece of aluminum foil sh ...
Find Your Writing Niche: Punctuation
April 15, 2014I am pleased to welcome guest blogger Nikolas Baron to Finding Your Writing Niche. He is a member of Grammarly’s mark ...
Find Your Writing Niche: Titles Matter
April 8, 2014Parents spend hours, days even months choosing the very best names for their children, names that have meaning, are distinctive and fit the child perfectly. A family name often is the first choi ...