Case Study of a Life Story: Part 1 – The Beginning
When people contact me about publishing their memoir or family history, I always encourage them to do so for a family legacy. I make sure they understand that it’s highly unlikely their story will be...
View ArticleCase Study of a Life Story: Part 2 – Writing the Story
In the first installment of the series, I discussed my first meeting with my client Borge Hansen, who had dictated his life story into audiotapes. I transcribed the tapes one side at a time....
View ArticleCase Study of a Life Story: Part 3 – Turning a Story into a Book
As I said in the previous post, the Hansens and I were excited to have a completed story, but it existed on my hard drive and on computer printouts. Borge and Brigitte wanted the story in a book to...
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Case Study of a Life Story: Part 4 – The Result and Recommendations
Now, long after Borge started recording his life story and a little more than seven months after his first phone call to me, Borge can hold his life story in his hand and share it with those he loves....
View ArticleChanging Styles
We all know styles change. What’s fashionable today—in clothing fashion, home decor, and even writing—is passe tomorrow. Most of us would agree that some of the great classics of all time probably...
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Should You Follow a Style Guide for Your Blog?
An interesting discussion developed on my last post, Changing Styles. If you haven’t read, click over and read it now, and be sure to read the comments. As a result of that discussion, I’m turning the...
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Using Style Sheets
In the first and second posts in this series, I talked about style guides. Today we’ll discuss style sheets. A comment from author Dawn Colclasure gave me the idea for the post. You might call style...
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Time Management 1: Prioritizing
Like the last post, today’s post is the result of a request—or in this case two requests—in comments. Dominic Faith from P/S Public Storage wrote: Well Lillie, after reading your posts and comments, I...
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Time Management 2: Organizing
In the last post, we talked about what I believe is the most important element in time management: prioritizing. Now, let’s talk about getting organized. As I have said, I’m only sharing what I do, not...
View ArticleTime Management: 3 Executing
We’ve talked about prioritizing and organizing, and now it’s time to talk about getting things done. I always know what my overall priorities are, and each day I know my specific priorities for that...
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