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Curriculum Vitae

December 3, 2011
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Curriculum Vitae

I mark the start of my writing career as the sixth grade, when I won a school spelling bee. After that, it was my writing skills that got me through high school and into the university of my choice in 1966. After that, I chose a career path that better suited my outdoor lifestyle for the next 30 years. I taught myself HTML back when knowing HTML was something to brag about. That was when modems screeched and a 386MB computer was the Latest Thing. Back then I was a member of the Sydney Rockclimbing Club. Membership was flagging and I took it upon myself to be the club’s...

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Free Resources to Become a Better Writer

November 20, 2011
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Free Resources to Become a Better Writer

Being a freelance writer is an incredible experience. You are essentially building your own career on a skill you have probably always had, which is something many try and...

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Getting to Know You with Google Analytics and Feedjit

November 17, 2011
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I strongly urge anyone who is interested in their traffic statistics to install Google Analytics and the Feedjit widget on their blog. Since I did these two things on...

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My Favourite Widgets: Feedjit

October 30, 2011
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As I chip slowly away at revamping this site, I look forward to the day when I can start promoting it. I’ve been focusing most of my site promotion...

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How Not to Get Published

October 22, 2011
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There’s nothing more gratifying for a writer than seeing their name in print.  Obviously, anybody can get published online, but when your work appears in print, and even better,...

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A Quick Soundcloud Experiment

October 3, 2011
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A reader recently asked me if I knew how to make podcasts. I didn’t, but I did a little looking around and discovered a cool site called SoundCloud that...

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Revamping My Site

October 2, 2011
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Please excuse the mess. I’m just beginning to revamp my site. Since I have plenty of writing assignments now, I’ve decided to change the look and direction of Writing...

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Embedding Images in WordPress

July 19, 2011
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Embedding Images in WordPress

Scroll down to view the short video that goes with this entry. It will show you how to embed an image into a WordPress blog.   To embed a...

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Writing the Curse of the Internet

July 9, 2011
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Writing the Curse of the Internet

The Curse of the Internet is the first full length book I’ve been commissioned to write. It started off as “just another assignment,” albeit a more interesting and challenging...

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My Imaginary Readers

June 6, 2011
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A few months ago, I was asked to rewrite some articles someone else had written and that got me to thinking about imaginary readers. The articles I was asked...

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