Note: I did not say you have to be “a mercenary.” I said you have to be “mercenary.” The two do not mean the same thing.
How to Write and Publish More Often
I didn’t awaken one morning and decide to publish posts five days per week. I had to work up to that number. I had to train for it.
Write Right: Effect versus Affect
“Effect” and “affect.” They can be a troublesome pair. When is one the right word and when is one the wrong one?
A Dull Knife Won’t Do
If you ever have tried to slice a tomato with a dull knife, you know the inevitable result: a smushed tomato and pulpy tomato innards all over the cutting board. You now have to choose whether to be content with the pulpiness or to try again. You know, though, that the results will be the same, so why try again? Doing so won’t make any impact on the flavor of the tomato, only on the presentation of the tomato.
How to Train Your Cat (and Your Writing)
My cat, Sugar, has come to live with me. Since I don’t like her cat hair getting into every nook and cranny of my house, I have decided to return her to her roots of being an outdoor cat. She doesn’t like it. In fact, she’s fighting me almost every step of the way. She apparently takes after her owner in her stubbornness.
Seven Things
In the past few weeks, I’ve been blog stalked and nominated. The blog stalk was courtesy of Hajra Khatoon; the nominations – there were two of them – were the works of Lisa Buben at Inspire to Thrive and Leilani Carrasco Smith at Tales of a Clyde Woman. Although the blog stalk came with no expectation of me stalking another person’s blog, the nominations were part of an ongoing movement in the blogosphere.