Chris Brogan tweeted a great quote that hit me, “Want to improve in 2010? Stop comparing and criticizing and focus on the change YOU can affect.” I’m a competitive person. Part of it comes with playing sports for all of my childhood — it was my “thing.” Part of it comes with being born deaf … Read more
For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been brainstorming and reviewing my work and passions to see what I can do to take it up a notch in the next year. Unfortunately, the planning has turned out to be more of a struggle than a successful one. As much as I love working as a … Read more
Yee haw! (I’m a Texan, I can do that.) Happy to do another Middle Zone Musings “What I learned from…” project. This time, we share our favorite posts of 2009. I put this together based on what I thought were most valuable to you based on your feedback. 7 Traits of Bad Twitter Followers: The … Read more
Facebook has done a great job of attracting the masses including those who don’t do much social networking. For goodness sakes, my mother uses Facebook! That gives you a hint of Facebook’s enormous reach, one that you should capitalize on as a writer. Whether you’re a published author or freelance writer, Facebook offers many opportunities … Read more
David L. Levin, co-author of one of my favorite books: QBQ! The Question Behind the Question, sets out on his own with Don’t Just Talk, Be Heard! Closing the Gap Between What You Say and What People Hear. He shares his experiences of helping people with communication gaps in his job as a communication coach. … Read more
You do everything right in Twitter. So why are some people not following you back? It’s not you. (Well, maybe in the rare situation when someone truly doesn’t like you. Even the nicest people don’t have a fan in a person or two.) Doing Twitter right means you … Mix up your tweets (retweets, replies, … Read more
Disclaimer: I am not an accountant. The closest I can come to be considering one is from taking one graduate college course on accounting and using QuickBooks. This advice comes from my own experience. Some people start a freelance business with little thought to the business part. That’s a small part of why I thought … Read more
If you haven’t heard by now, Twitter now has Lists that lets you put Twitter users into groups. It doesn’t matter if you’re following someone or not, you can add anyone into a list or two or three. Here’s an introduction and a how to use Twitter Lists at Web Worker Daily. Twitter users have their … Read more
“Blog Action Day is an annual event that unites the world’s bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day. Our aim is to raise awareness to trigger a global discussion.” This year’s topic of global importance is climate change. Why climate change? “Climate change affects us all and it threatens more than … Read more
Welcome to meryl’s notes blog (this here place you’re lookin’ at) in Plano, Texas (OK, the blog doesn’t live on a server in my house — but that’s where you’ll find me… in Plano, not in the server). We’re happy to be a stop in Sara Morgan’s WOW! Women On Writing Blog tour. Here’s a bit … Read more