Employ These Powerful Verbs in Your Leadership or Author Bio
Want to know one of my favorite editing tips when creating or revising an author bio, a book or a blog post? Employ powerful verbs. Search for verbs like: was, is, had, has, could, can, are and am in your document. When you find these not-so-powerful verbs, see if there’s a way to replace the meh verb with a verb that paints more of a picture. Verbs can convey movement (external and internal), emotion, change or transformation and impact. Naturally, a few weeks ago when I presented Rewrite Your Leadership Bio at Harvard Medical School’s Career Advancement and Leadership Skills for… Read more
12 Meaningful Holiday Gifts for Writers
I love buying gifts for writers. It’s like shopping for myself–with no guilt! How about you? Any writers on your Christmas, Hanukkah or Kwanza list? I’m a little on the late side for Hanukkah, but lucky for me it’s an eight day holiday! Okay, here are a few great books—for pleasure or success as a writer—and some other unique finds I’ve purchased over the years as gifts for friends and colleagues and for myself as well! That’s right, don’t forget a little something for the writer in you. Everyone loves a gift and your inner muse may just light up… Read more
7 Crucial Things to Know Before You Start Writing a Book
Before you start writing a book, let me tell you about Joyce (an alias). Joyce became an award-winning published author a decade ago. She went on to write a book that people often found on the internet and read in one sitting. Many signed up for her in-depth, week-long training program and others contacted her to find a certified image consultant trained in her methods. She regularly received emails from people in England, Australia, Eastern Europe and her home country, the US. Let’s ride the “Back to the Future” car, though, to several years before that. Joyce came to me… Read more
Writing from Your Heart
I was recently interviewed by Dawn Montefusco for her Writing from the Heart series. Not surprisingly, we found ourselves talking about writing from the head vs. the heart. Sitting here at my computer, staring at my screen, it’s easy to drop into “head” mode. I started this blog post about writing from your heart and then realized I needed to bring more heart into it! Am I practicing what I preach? Here are a few of my musings about writing from your heart and some tips for getting in touch with that. There’s a Little Poet in All of Us… Read more
What I Learned About Leadership from Two Seventh Graders
Last night, Quest Montessori School offered a peace and nonviolence training put on by the middle school students. The group of parents and younger students broke up into three groups and my son asked to switch to the “What is Violence?” workshop as his closest friend headed there. It wasn’t the workshop I would have chosen or the one suggested as our first “stop” in our handout. I followed his lead. Two seventh grade girls led the workshop, their third partner home sick and unable to join. Let’s call them Jane and Maria. Jane and Maria handed out orange stickies… Read more
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