My daughter and I recently attended a writing conference hosted by the American Society of Journalists and Authors in New York City. Or rather, we crashed it. Though the ASJA does invite the general public, the majority of attendees are ASJA members, folks who have met rigorous membership standards and can therefore call themselves professional […]
I am working on an updated mission for this, my beloved TIGA blog, and it brings me to that most fundamental of all questions. Why do I do this? There are so many reasons. Writing is a solace, and a playground, but above all, it is my way through, my way to make sense of […]
I’ve decided to implement a new rule. The response time for all incoming business email will be inversely proportional to the speed with which the sender has responded to an email from me, with an added 24 hours waiting period if said sender’s comments are rude, obnoxious, sarcastic or insulting. Why? Let’s call it an […]