Another succcessful five-year mark

Congratulations to Lois Roelof, celebrating the five-year mark on her marvelous blog.


Enjoy a stop at loisroelofs.com and see the variety of witty, poignant, informative and funny material she writes.

Patient Confidential

Happy to see a client's book zoom into the top 100 in his category!   Congratulations to Rich Lang, author of Patient Confidential.

·         Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #389,749 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

   #99 in Books > Business & Money > Insurance > Health

Essential reading for your first and every hospital/doctor interaction.

Writer's Quote of the Month

The time to begin writing an article is when you have finished it to your satisfaction. By that time you begin to clearly and logically perceive what it is you really want to say. 

~Mark Twain

Rebecca Makkai's advice for "Writer's Butt"

The funny and ever-informative ReviewReview.com shares the following important advice for those who suffer from what I call writer's butt cramps. The linked essay is by Rebecca Makkai, a speaker we recently enjoyed hearing at OCWW.

Writers and editors, are you suffering from backaches, expanding butts, and the host of other problems associated with this fine vocation? If so be sure to check out Rebecca Makkai's "Calisthenics for Writers." Writes Makkai, "Writer’s Butt is a real and tragic thing. You might be making great progress on that novel, but is your seat getting wider with every word count goal?" One exercise she advises: "Bind together seven copies of literary magazines that rejected you, and impale them on the end of a sharp stick. Now do the same with seven more mags on the other end of the stick. Now it’s time for the free lift! That thing must weigh at least ten pounds."

Read her full, funny essay here:  Calisthenics for Writers