Found in today’s Los Angeles Times. Who knew? Certainly not I. Apparently there is something called the Plain Writing Act and it requires government agencies to assure government-bureaucrat-ese is converted into a form understandable by mere mortals. The...
The Los Angeles Times published a story on February 11, 2021, focusing on the tale of novelist Sheri Holman. She’s the successful author of A Stolen Tongue, The Dress Lodger and The Mammoth Cheese. She took a break from writing for five years, but when she got...
Think about the politics of the moment. There’s a divisive president whose management skills are in serious question. A raging pandemic with thousands dying daily. The president loses his bid for reelection, is doing his best to subvert the guy who won. Armed...
“Red Dennis,” Eric Shapiro’s new novel, is out. I haven’t read it yet but the reviews are excellent, which isn’t news to me. Eric and I co-founded Ghostwriters Central in 2002. We were partners for some 15 years. While we had this...
Is the customer always right? Of course not. This is not 1950. Are we word slaves at the service of tyrannical bosses? Nope. If somebody calls and wants us to essentially take dictation, I’ll refer them to a typist. If someone tells me they’ve completed their first...
