I've said before that my ultimate goal is to have my book, Write Like You Mean It: Mastering Your Passion For The Written Word, become a key educational tool in every high school and college writing class in the country. One way to spread the word is to speak to those classes and share tips and tricks I've learned throughout my nearly 25-year career. I'd love for your class to be the next place I visit – so all of us can write like we mean it! I'm interested in speaking to an

I had the opportunity to be the spotlight speaker at two events this week. It was a chance to share a little about what I do here at Edit This® while also throwing in a few educational tidbits on the writing and editing front. It all turned out great, but I was amazed at how incredibly nervous I was going in. I mean, sure, it could have really hurt my business if I had stunk up the joint like some castoff from Day 1 of auditions for American Idol. Realistically, though, I kne