The Perils of Outsourcing Your Writing

Every community has its spelling vagaries. Here in Sarasota, we have two community “secrets” that, if you don’t know them, will immediately expose you to laughter and ridicule. The first is that Michael Saunders is a woman. There’s that old...

Never edit an editor.

Listen, when someone proclaims that he or she is an “editor” of any stripe, give that person a little credit. No matter what, we give you carefully considered writing. Let me put it another way: If you find a mistake in my writing and tell me, you are my...

Discouraging Writing

It really is discouraging to read writing like the three examples below. I’m just going to paste and comment. Members of the organization that have attended these conferences in the past know what a great learning experience the writer gets from attending. I...

Worst bio ever!

As the kids say, OMG. I’ve seen a lot of jaw-droppingly bad writing coming out of WordPress WordCamps. A. Lot. But this, this takes the cake. Just cast your eyes over this amazingly, appallingly bad bio from the Miami WordCamp site. I’m not sure if...

Lordy, don't you love it when…

Man, I just love it when I get an invite to connect through LinkedIn and (since my mamma didn’t raise no dummy) I go to that person’s profile and find that this invite is a thinly veiled come-on to buy something. It’s just too fun when that happens,...