business writing

Why People Get Business Writing Wrong—And What To Do About It

(Forbes first published my article here.) When I mentioned business writing several years ago to a manager, he made a rather odd comment: “Our...

Read more
editing

Never Underestimate the Value of a Power Edit—For Email, Speeches, or Books

My most valuable learning experience in graduate school also happened to be my most humiliating. Having read the first hundred pages of my master’s...

Read more
bad business writing

Is Bad Business Writing Killing Your Career And Business?

(Forbes first published my article here.) A few weeks ago, I received an email from one of my book publishers asking me to sign an amendment to a...

Read more
looking for a literary agent

Mistakes Authors Make When Looking for a Literary Agent

Conventional wisdom says you can’t get a loan until you can prove you don’t need one. The corollary in the publishing world is that you can’t...

Read more

Did You Miss These Most Popular Blogs of the Year?

Year’s end is a time of reflection for most people. My contribution to that reflection effort is re-running some of the most popular communication...

Read more
more publishing myths

MORE Myths About Book Writing and Publishing

Last year, I published a blog on myths and misleading information perpetuated by some in the publishing industry. Those myths included the...

Read more