Ghostwriting
My daughter was a little bit outraged the first time she discovered that I am sometimes hired to write things for people and my name may never appear in the published work. Their name does!
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Interviewing a Writing Master
He makes me nervous. I was due to interview Dr. J.I. Packer, renowned theologian, best-selling author, wordsmith extraordinare in two hours when he called me to pleasantly request a brief postponement.
Another hour for me to sweat bullets, sip more tea and worry.
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Find your “other” writer voice
Lots has been written about a writer’s “voice” — that distinct style/tone/temp/mood of writing that is yours alone. But there is another writer voice that needs to be developed. That is your own strong, professional voice that is your salesperson, accountant, marketer, boundary-setter, price-setter and cheque-claimer.
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What I Learned at The Copy Editing Seminar
I learned as important a lesson about parking as I did about punctuation at the Editors’ Association of Canada copy editing seminar I attended last week. But I did sharpen my skills in both areas.
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Three Lessons From Alice Munro
I did a “Rejoice Re-Read” of some favourite Munro this weekend, in honour of her amazing Nobel Prize for Literature win. I was struck once again how much a non-fiction feature writer can learn from Canada’s short story master. Here are the three top lessons I took away. There are at least 1000 more.
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