Archive for September, 2008
Writing a book and me
Last week, Anne Wayman left a comment in a post in this space. To be honest, it’s kind of flattering to have someone whose work you read and enjoy favourably comment on something you’ve written.
Anne asked an interesting question in that comment: ever consider doing a book? The short answer is yes. The longer [...]
What does it mean to be a “real writer”?
Some time back, I wrote a post the discussed how someone didn’t think that I was a real writer. When I started writing for a living, I heard that more than I wanted to. Not so much recently, but the idea of it still stings a bit.
But what does it mean to be a [...]
Writing for the reader
That sounds like something elementary, but I’m always surprised at the number of writers (or people who call themselves writers) who seem to forget this. I was reminded of how bad this situation can be when reading this blog post.
No matter how interested in or excited about a subject you’re tackling, you have to [...]
Charging more for your services, revisited
No matter where you look for gigs, it seems like the majority of people hiring writers want you to work for cheap. Peanuts, but often less than that. But how much should you charge? Should you work for low pay, or try to get higher rates.
A while back, I read this article at Men With [...]
Fixing broken numbered lists in Word
Numbered lists in Microsoft Word are broken; the situation in OpenOffice.org Writer isn’t much better I’m afraid. If you have a document that contains several numbered lists, don’t be surprised if something goes wrong with the automatic numbering. Usually, this involves a new list continuing from the previous one — for example, the previous list [...]
