Writing often feels a lot like sculpting. The rewriting and revising is shaping and carving. The editing and proofreading is sanding and polishing. But you can’t do any of those things when you are staring at a blank page. Before you can sculpt and polish a story, you need words to create its clay. That […]
When it comes to user-friendly instructions, there seems to be an inverse correlation where the chance of finding a useful answer to an unexpected problem seems to decrease in direct proportion to the increased simplification of the instructions. In other words, the instructions are simple to follow right up to the moment when something goes
Preparing to self-publish a book includes a lot of decisions, including what formats will be available. The easiest choice is to publish an e-book, but there are also several options for print-on-demand physical books. Each format (e-book or physical) has its own requirements for formatting, as well as its own publishing terms, royalty payments, and
How many first names can you recall when under the clock? The rules for this writing exercise are simple: Use a timer to give yourself one minute to list as many first names as you can that start with the letter A. Then, give yourself one minute to list names that begin with the letter
