Do You Just Happen To Write Items That Matter?
In my editing life I meet quality control reviewers, non-profit administration, analysts, business owners, PhD candidates… all writers, willy-nilly. They make life-and-death decisions about entire organizations, determine the significance of scientific findings, catch the eyes of customers, promise value for grant money, and more. And just about all of it has to be recorded in black and white for posterity. It’s the “posterity” part that tends to get writers of all kinds...
Read MoreWhose Blog Is This, Anyway?
You’re not lost; it’s the same place, alright! I’m proud to bring you the visual aspect of the Deliberate Ink brand I’ve been doing my best to convey in words all this time. Thank you so much to Sameer Abdul-Khaliq at Strictly Sunnah Designs. He and his coding team are probably thinking, “The next time you need us to ‘help’ you change over your theme and just ‘create a new front page real quick,’ demand totally inconsequential wording...
Read MoreBlog Posts You May Have Missed
I visited “Publicity Whiz” Arlene Hauben on Thursday with “8 Questions To Ask Before Hiring A Freelancer.” Arlene ‘s been in the public relations for more than 25 years, and now she’s using her blog to teach businesses how to apply various social media marketing platforms. And somehow I forgot to post a link here. I hope you’ll head over and And you may have ben wondering what happened to the links I said I’d post to my Thursday articles for...
Read MoreMy First Post At The WM Freelance Connection
I’m pleased to announce that I was invited to join the lively group of writers at The WM Freelance Connection as a regular. This is my trial month, and today is my first post! I decided to start preparing for bean-counting season, so I interviewed taxman Ryan Himmel to learn and share some 2010 tax rules freelancers should know. I hope you’ll leave a comment and ask any questions you have–Mr. Himmel is helpful and friendly. Also: since I’m posting every Thursday...
Read MoreAnd the winners are…
Remember my month-long site redo poll/contest? Of course you do! It ended in a tie yesterday, and the winning names came from the polls. They were… Deliberate Ink and Shakirah Dawud! I’m thrilled with both. The site redesign option with the most votes was: Artistic. Find something unique. And so I will. I’m happy with the way this contest turned out. It was a fun, unexpected, and new idea for me. But I couldn’t have done it without you. Thank you. I will...
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