Effective communication is an art. Some of the very best writing comes from people who are able to explain a complex idea in a 30-second radio or TV spot. It’s extremely hard to do that effectively. Sometimes, however, a situation just evolves and there’s not a darn thing we can do except explain it…
It happens in every generation, I guess … older folks being critical of the up-and-comers over what they do and how they do it. My mother would snap at us whenever we used a word incorrectly, even in casual conversation. “Lay” vs. “lie” was one. And “May I?” vs. “Can I?”. If I sent her…
By that I don’t mean you have actually made their acquaintance. But that’s the thing about our favorite writers, isn’t it? We really do feel that we know them. And we’d give just about anything to sit and talk with them for an hour … even for a few minutes. I have several writers whom…
I came across an interesting news item from the world of travel the other day. It comes from Scotland, where the owners of a bed-and-breakfast are going to court in an effort to uncover the real names of two people who trashed their establishment in “reviews” that appeared on the TripAdvisor web site. (Let me…