How to write like Seth Godin
1)      Tell some folksy anecdote or recollect something about the day
2)      Ask a generic question about customers, staff, marketing, etc
3)      Close it up with the point of what you were saying but still be a bit vague about it all
Let’s take this post: Mowing the …

A little introduction. I wrote this back in about … 2004 I think.  The formatting shown below is how you should set out a picture book manuscript if you wish to have it taken seriously by a publisher. Some people will tell you not to write anything about the art …

While looking through short stories to post up here I came across some stories I hadn’t looked at for a loooooong time. In one case it was at least two years.
I found an incomplete story that was clearly under construction. There was even a note in there saying *man I’m …

Is it time to retire “X is the new Y” yet? Editor Mattie says: Yes! It has gone past cliche. The only way it can be used is self-referentially (Black is the new Black!) or in comedy ala Josie and the Pussy Cats (OMG Orange is the new Pink!)
Otherwise, cut …

If you work as a freelance writer then it is guaranteed that you’ll be screwed out of money at some point.  I have been – twice.
The first was on two proof-reading jobs. They didn’t pay the first invoice and I stupidly agreed to do a second job for them. They …