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You may not know how to spell it, but you’ve all heard the word lede. As in “Don’t bury...
Humor or heartache? “The fans love home runs,” said Casey Stengel, the first manager of the New York Mets....
The other morning I passed one of those signboards with changeable plastic letters. It read: Goats 4 Sale Not...
How many words does it take before an audience connects with you? It only took one word for me...
I love pop culture references. Especially in unexpected places, like business speeches or otherwise serious-minded articles. I’ve written before...
The only word-related thing I like better than writing is reading—especially reading about writing. Nell Scovell has written a...
Ernest Hemingway famously said, “Everyone’s first draft is sh*t.” Or perhaps someone else said it and it just sounded...
I had not intended to blog again today. I wrote a post yesterday and I’m trying to get away...