Category: Writing
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Phil Mickelson took second place at the St. Jude’s Classic on Sunday, fueling speculation that he’s primed for a run at the US Open title this week at Oakmont. Of course, when you’ve finished second six times, odds are that you’re suddenly going to break through at age 46 (Phil’s birthday is Thursday) aren’t so…
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First post in 3-1/2 months, yikes, what happened to me! I’ve been busy is the short answer. The last few months have been great for Twin Miracles Editorial with a lot of fun projects and some fantastic experiences. Chief among those has been my work for Discovery Living Communities, which began last February and culminated…
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When I started Twin Miracles Editorial three years ago, most of the jobs I pursued were of the editing and proofreading variety. Why? Because we had two little babies at home, and my brain was better suited for being able to pick out comma splices and run-on sentences a lot better on less sleep than…
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In 1983, a Los Angeles man named Willie Green was arrested for stealing a television set. While in jail, he was placed in a police line-up without cause, identified by a witness who had never seen his face, and ultimately sentenced to prison for a crime – murder – he did not commit. Through a…
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Never thought I’d be so excited about a white paper, but since I shaped the raw content and wrote the majority of this one, I find myself rather pleased to put a link to it on here. So if you’re looking or success in developing your own Intranet – take a gander! Best part is…
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One of the most exciting things about being a freelance editor and writer these days is watching businesses evolve beyond the relentless pursuit of SEO terms and page clicks. Whereas plenty of places are still bound and determined to uncork the bottle that contain’s Google’s secret potion for search-result placement, others are realizing that the…
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About 15 years ago, every man and woman who worked for a newspaper started being told by management that the Internet was the Devil; that we would all lose our jobs because of its freedom of information distribution, and that a degree in Journalism would be worth less than the paper it was printed on…
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This is Rick Reilly of SI’s column from 9/19/2001. From the day I read it as a 27-year-old sportswriter in 2001, I have never experienced a more powerful piece of writing – sports or otherwise. Four of a Kind (by Rick Reilly, from CNN Sports Illustrated, 9/19/01) The huge rugby player, the former high school…
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I had never heard of Flash Fiction until I was hired by budding author Jennifer Moore to edit three stories of hers that she as entering into a contest. Flash fiction can’t be any longer than 500 words, and most are shorter than that by a good bit. I wasn’t expecting much from these stories,…
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One of my favorite perks about being a full-time freelancer is meeting people from other parts of the world. Of late, some of my best clients have come from Australia, a part of the world I previously associated largely with Mad Max, Crocodile Dundee and my Greek third cousins who somehow wound up over there…
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