Folks, if you’re a fan of this blog, then you know how much I love great writing. Well, this is the ultimate obituary, lifted with respect from the Fayetteville Observer newspaper, authored by her son: Renay Mandel Corren Obituary Renay Mandel Corren El Paso,...
This morning I got a call from an angry man. He said he paid us $7,000, nobody’s been answering the phone and he demanded to know where the manuscript was. Wow. My first thought was, what the hell happened? And then he said the books that he was promised did not show...
This is an email conversation between me and one of my writers. I assigned him a screenplay client. And this writer is a recent addition to our merry crew of scribes. The client, a novice at screenwriting, was of the opinion the script was in good shape, it just...
Ever since this business was launched way back in 2002, record keeping, client info, writer info, project assignments and all that fun stuff has been on paper. The result of that has been me drowning in paper. So, in the interest of not drowning in paper and saving...
Good writing vs. bad writing. Have you tried writing an email, letter, speech, or story, and although you’ve spent countless hours, days, even weeks working on it, you’re still not satisfied? Is your dream writing project becoming a nightmare of never ending...