by Kathie York | Sep 5, 2018 | Business builder, Computer probs!, TECH group
My friend (I’ll call her Sally) told me she was fed up with website hype. Hype cost her dearly. Sally had just paid a bunch o’ money for a site update she couldn’t use. I’ll share my friend’s costly story, but first: here’s an idea that...
by Kathie York | Aug 13, 2018 | Freelance writing, FUN!
Hey, freelance journalists, here’s a ‘newsjack’ idea for you: Have schools’ attitudes about left-handers changed? When my dad grew up, schools forced retraining of ‘southpaws.’ Or tried to, until they came up against Gramma Mary. 😎 She...
by Kathie York | Aug 1, 2018 | Business builder, Non-Overwhelm, Proofing
Do you remember that D+ report in high school? The one with sentence fragments and wrong words in place of the right ones? Yeah. That report. Mom wasn’t happy. Let me help you avoid this problem and save money on proofing your company documentation. ’Cause in...
by Kathie York | Jul 13, 2018 | Freelance writing, FUN!, Newsjack
Freelance writers: an interesting ‘newsjack’ for ya! OK … who’da thunk it? There’s an honest-to-goodness fun holiday celebrating French fries. I’m sure all you freelance writers out there have your own story about this crunchy treat....
by Kathie York | Jul 3, 2018 | FUN!, Grammar, Speaking
As a proofer, I sometimes shake my head in wonder and chuckle at word problems. This headline, for example: How Much it Costs for a Family to Live in 20 U.S. Cities “Say what?!” I thought it was difficult paying our bills, but 20 different places to keep...
