Decision fatigue comes from having too many decisions to make, especially in a row. According to some experts, the average American makes 35,000 decisions a day. Nearly 300 of those are just on food! An editor has to make many decisions every hour (I often make thousands of corrections per hour, plus dozens of choices […]
Get paid to recommend a friend?
If you’re seeing this, it’s because I believe that you’re a good person who won’t abuse any link I share with you. You know I’m a hard worker, but you don’t have to be. In fact, you don’t have to do the work to make money—you can just share my name and a link I’ll […]
Never use the Tab key
Why should you never use the Tab key when writing your book? So many teachers taught so many students to use the Tab key on computers, but it causes problems when manuscripts are turned into books. Here are some potential issues with Tab-indented paragraphs: A full tab indent may be substituted for a single space […]
Business writing coaching
Business writing coaching is for you if you say things like, “I’m not a writer, but I know that having a book or blog content would help my business.” The problem is, you find yourself stuck even though you already know the benefits of having a blog or a book with your name on it: […]
Niches how tight to go
Niches—how tight to go? That is an important question. Just finding your online business niche can be a challenge. It’s not so easy to know exactly where you can carve out your spot, and it’s definitely not easy to know how tight to go when you niche down. There are two ways to niche down: […]
Adult coloring helps with writing?
More and more people are discovering that adult coloring helps with writing. It is a great stress-reducing activity that can allow our brains to quiet. Like meditation, coloring allows us to quiet the many thoughts constantly chittering in our heads, and that helps to alleviate anxiety. You can find tranquility in coloring an image. Once your brain is […]
Become a Freelance Editor
Working at home in comfort is the dream of millions of Americans. Many want to know how to become a freelance editor. Get paid to read? Yes, please! Become a freelance editor To become a freelance editor, do you have to have a degree? Must you have experience working in one of the Big Five […]
The Magic of Everyday Giving
People love to help other people, and the less it costs to do that, the better. There is a platform that makes it easy for you to give real money, and all it costs you is a few minutes of your time to set it up. This is something I had never heard of until […]
Acre of Diamonds, Drawer Full of Gold
At a one-day, in-person mastermind event in October 2018, I mentioned that a number of people had asked me to do group coaching for writers because they couldn’t afford my one-on-one coaching, and that a few hundred people have asked me if I will teach them how to become a freelance editor. Vincent Pugliese’s eyes […]
Eliminate Little Annoyances or The Van and the Can
This is about the little annoyances in life. We all have them. My minivan’s liftgate was stuck for months, since sometime this last winter. My husband and I didn’t take it in to get repaired because of the feared financial bite. The back of the van had some serious dents, and we thought the liftgate […]
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