Blogging Basics—How Long and How Often?
How long should a blog post be? How often should we post? In most cases, the answer to both questions is the same—it depends. The...
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Mary Doyle
- Feb 28
Sell Sheet. The First Marketing Piece of a New Book
Marketing is a must in book publishing. Competition is fierce, and after years of working on a manuscript, and then a few more getting it...
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Mary Doyle
- Aug 14, 2019
The Peculiarities of an Artist
A writer died and met St. Peter at the pearly gates. St. Peter told the writer that she’d be going to heaven but would satisfy her...
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Mary Doyle
- Feb 23, 2016
Statistics and Magician’s Wife
Storytelling throughout history was the passing on of the essence of an event. Specific details were not necessary. It was a person’s...
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Mary Doyle
- Aug 5, 2014
Expressing Sympathy
“We have no words to express our sorrow.” Really? There are at least a quarter of a million words in the English language. Did you...
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Mary Doyle
- Jun 20, 2014
Why We Write
My online friend, Terry McDermott, asked me to continue a series on writing that is being passed from one writer to another. There are...
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Mary Doyle
- Apr 1, 2014
Lost in Interpretation
The first thing I said to my sister when I called was that I couldn’t talk long. “How long do you have to talk,” Patti asked. And then we...
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Mary Doyle
- Jan 24, 2014
Truth Be Known
In the presence of young children you hear some interesting stories. I worked in preschool classrooms for a number of years as an...
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Mary Doyle
- Nov 11, 2013
LOL, My BFF
Texting is not a verbal language. My son-in-law Steve says this to the young people whom he works with. But it probably won’t be long...
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Mary Doyle
- Nov 5, 2013
What “I” Says About Me
If I use the word “I” often, is it really all about me? A recent article by Elizabeth Berstein in the Wall Street Journal said that the...
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Mary Doyle
- May 6, 2013
Breaking the Myth
In a time when our writing is becoming less proper by the moment, we still are hanging on to the old myth that a sentence should never...
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Mary Doyle
- Mar 21, 2013
Writing Clinic: All Together/Altogether, All Ready/Already, All Right/Alright
In the English language, we love to combine our words but then become confused as to how to use them, especially if the meaning changes...
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Mary Doyle
- Mar 11, 2013
Why the Nuns Should Oversee the Internet
We were warned. Bad behavior would become part of our PERMANENT RECORD. Our shenanigans would be evident to the world and follow us...
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Mary Doyle
- Feb 14, 2013
Writing Clinic: Adjective Challenge
I challenge you to a duel – duel word elimination. I challenge you to see how many days you can go without saying or writing the two “A”...
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Mary Doyle
- Jan 31, 2013
Writing Clinic: Everyday and Every Day
One of the complicated aspects of the English language is the proper usage of words such as everyday and every day. These words are...
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Mary Doyle
- Dec 10, 2012
The Christmas Letter
When their children were young, my friends, Mary Ellen and Mike, sent the most entertaining Christmas letters. They offered a...
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Mary Doyle
- Oct 29, 2012
Passionately Creative
Back when we wrote on typewriters there was a saying that typists type and writers look out windows. For content and idea driven writing,...
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Mary Doyle
- Sep 27, 2012
You’re Your Own Person
Texting is resulting in a society that no longer can write appropriately. Because of the constant flow of quick messaging, we’re often...
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Mary Doyle
- Jul 29, 2012
Right to Copyright
Copyrighting certainly is more important to consider today than ever as years of research and creation can quickly be stolen from right...
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Mary Doyle
- May 16, 2012
Writing Clinic: There, Their, They’re
They’re looking for their shoes over there. They’re, there, and their. These three words are misused daily, and I must admit that...
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