Beyond the Rhetoric

The “spell check” feature built into word processors, web browsers, and other pieces of software can come in very handy. However, it is partly because of the ubiquitous nature of the “spell check” that we are seeing, ironically enough, an increase in the number of spelling mistakes. That’s because when you run the “spell check” [...]

Every Wednesday, I link around to five different blog posts that I’ve found on the Internet. Last week, for example, we had a look at everything from festivals to Inception. This week, have a similarly eclectic assortment of posts. Sit back, grab a coffee, and enjoy. Chloe Gow-Jarrett is the founder of SHIFTED and now [...]

After writing yesterday’s post on how I got started with freelance writing, I quietly reflected on some of the career choices I’ve made along the way. It’s not like I got into this business by accident, per se, but it wasn’t exactly an aspiration that I had growing up as a child. And so, I [...]

Over the weekend, I was asked by my friend Karli how I got started with freelance writing, because she was interested in starting a freelance career of her own. I’ve touched on this subject a couple of times on this blog already, but I thought it was worth revisiting to give a slightly fuller back-story. [...]

The loving father often told his daughter: “The first generation plants the tree; the next generation enjoys the shade.” A couple of months back, you might remember me mentioning The Year of Finding Memory by Judy Fong Bates. The memoir recounts her journey back to her ancestral village in China, some fifty years since she [...]