The River that is Comma

Let’s start talking about COMMAS. I am going to dip my toe into the river that is Comma, and take a look at some really obvious, glaring mistakes I see people making with comma use. The first mistake we’re going to look at is the bad habit of putting commas around...

An observation about editing.

I have presented four editing workshops in the past month. “Before You Even Open Your Mouth,” which I presented three times, is specifically for professional speakers. “Write Right, Right Now!” is specifically for authors, and I presented that...

The siren song of sloppiness.

Rule #1: Don’t speak for free. When you do, the organization thinks you’re crap. Rule #2: Don’t speak in your hometown. One county over, you’re like the Second Coming. In your hometown, you ain’t chopped liver. I learned those lessons...