by Liz Coursen | Aug 5, 2017 | Uncategorized
You know, I’m beyond “over” smug people who are “authors.” You watch someone swank around saying, “I’m a published author,” or “I’m a bestselling author,” and then you pick up his or her book and the...
by Liz Coursen | Jul 31, 2017 | Uncategorized
Sure, taken individually, the #1 editing mistake is not knowing its from it’s. That’s a super-sloppy mistake, since spellcheck invariably places a gee-I’m-just-a-computer-so-you-should-probably-check-this blue line under the its/it’s, and only...
by Liz Coursen | Jul 28, 2017 | Uncategorized
So there I was, sitting at the last luncheon of a 5-day conference, minding my own business, when suddenly a manuscript was thrust into my hands by a tablemate…right as the chicken was being served! Well, I put down my fork and, more to be polite than anything...
by Liz Coursen | Jul 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
When you are a “professional” speaker and (supposedly) a rock star author/publisher and marketing “expert,” you just don’t make this bush league mistake on the—I guess you’d call it a “caption”—caption of your online...
by Liz Coursen | Jul 25, 2017 | Uncategorized
…then you see this. Ugh! Ouch! Nooooo! We will be selecting the speaker who we feel will deliver what the session requires to upskill the audience. “Upskill”? What genius thought of that? Upskilling? Upskilled? She is a dynamic speaker who routinely...
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