Here are 10 painful resume and cover letter mistakes we’ve all made at some point. Sending out resumes and cover letters can be a tedious, stressful task. It takes a lot of time to perfect a set of documents that a hiring manager will pro...
StaggeringBlow said: ↑ I often wondered if we all think our lives would make an interesting story. What is at least ONE thing in your life that you think would make an interesting story or even anecdote? I BELIEVE (?) I have several, but,...
In this extended interview from the March/April 2019 issue of Writer’s Digest, Min Jin Lee talks about finding story ideas that truly provoke your passions and how to tune out the burden of expectations in this extended WD Interview. Pho...
Industry experts and legitimate writing coaches provide advice on how to spot writing coach scams and shield yourself accordingly. The profession of “writing coach” has come under recent scrutiny. The outcry follows a July 2018 article ...
Do you mean you contracted this Bookfuel company to get your book ready to be self-published? I don’t understand what you mean by ‘contract.’ If they are traditional publishers (who pay YOU—not the other way around—and...
@Wreybies Could you please do the honours? Cavallucci (2,824 words) It was Christmas in Saint-Gosse, and the weather did not disappoint. Snow had been falling in a wild, demented dance since that morning and the sky was as silver as a new c...
Good question… I’m also easy distracted and slow to get started. I try it both ways, but more often I’ll ease into it—or set the mood, if you prefer. This I do with music—I never write without it—generally calm and m...
From the pages of “Google knows when you are sleeping” comes Google’s latest search feature. Google has launched new activity cards for mobile search users. These new activity cards will appear at the top of your search pa...
For the last decade Vocaroo has been my go-to tool whenever I’ve needed to make a short spoken audio recording. That might change now that I’ve started using Online-Voice-Recorder.com from 123Apps. Online-Voice-Recorder.com offe...
Hey all, I have a problem. For me, it’s actually a big problem. I have a limited amount of time before my life gets super busy again…and I find I can’t write. Writing on the Forum I can do all day (obviously). I am used to...