If you have ever interviewed someone for a book, you know that it is nearly impossible to take thorough enough notes to catch everything that is being said. Even if you are an ace on the keyboard, something is bound to be missed. For this reason, we always recommend recording all of your interviews, so that you can go back and re-visit key points of your interview later ...
September 24, 2018 READ MORE
The Dangers of Mixing Languages
I have always been anti-Spanglish. I don’t know exactly why, but mixing two languages at one time is a big pet-peeve of mine. And watching “Dora the Explorer” with my kids drives me completely nuts. Come on Dora, please just pick a language! Spanish or English! Well, it turns out that I am right! This fascinating article from the BBC explains how switching ...
September 24, 2018 READ MORE
A Survival Guide to Writing a Company History Book
Your company is getting ready to celebrate its 50th anniversary, and the higher-ups have decided that a book will be the perfect way to commemorate the occasion. They’ve also decided that you are the perfect person to act as project manager, writer, and editor. And they want it ready to send to clients, investors, and employees by the end of the quarter. But is that a...
September 17, 2018 READ MORE
From Your Phone Camera to a PDF- Like Magic!
Do you dread wrestling with your difficult scanner? Or maybe you don’t even have a scanner at all. Are you constantly trying to figure out the best way to turn the pictures you take on your phone into presentable documents? If this sounds even a little bit familiar, this Watercooler Writer tip will change your life (or, at the very least, make things a bit easier)! W...
September 10, 2018 READ MORE
Six Books Everyone Should Write
Are you the kind of person who constantly has a million ideas in your head? Or maybe, instead of letting those ideas cloud up your head, you write them all down on paper. What if those ideas were not ideas, but were actually just an ongoing diary of everything (and I mean everything) you see and do on a daily basis? Or, even better, a journal compiled of all of the goss...
September 10, 2018 READ MORE