by Pat Iyer | Jun 26, 2019 | Blog, Blogging, Video
So you want to write a blog? What’s stopping you? Are you afraid you will not be able to consistently blog? Here are some of the answers I’ve heard. “It’s a big commitment.” “You have to do it every week—at least.” “How does anyone think of all those article...
by Pat Iyer | Jun 19, 2019 | Blog, Ghostwriting
Traditionally we write about pros and cons of any topic. I don’t like ending on negative notes, so I am switching the order of pros and cons of working with a ghostwriter. First, let’s start with the cons. A ghostwriter, by the way, is a person who works...
by Pat Iyer | Jun 12, 2019 | Blog, Writing Skills
Is a cow an “it”? What is the correct use of that? In order to answer these questions, I need to address a related grammatical question about the use of that. Is a Human a “That”? In the course of editing manuscripts, I began to notice that people seemed to be...
by Pat Iyer | Jun 5, 2019 | Blog, Publishing
You have a wealth of knowledge that you want to share in a new way – through the publishing a book. You may have a body of work ready to repurpose (such as a blog you’ve maintained for several years) or a ghostwriter at the ready. Or you just really like to write; you...
by Pat Iyer | May 29, 2019 | Blog, Book writing
The most successful writers of fiction, memoir, and narrative nonfiction know that they can’t go down the writing road alone. When they do the actual writing, quiet and solitude are essential, but for the evaluation stage, their work needs fresh eyes and minds...
by Pat Iyer | May 22, 2019 | Blog, Book writing
You’re sitting in a conference room watching the speaker ask, “Raise your hand if you’d like to get started with writing a book.” When I asked that question, nearly every hand went up. Wanting to write a book and actually writing a book are two different things. One...
