Why Non-Writers Should Learn to Free Write

Why Non-Writers Should Learn to Free Write

I was listening to a good audiobook recently on the writing process called Accidental Genius. The premise of the whole book can basically be summed up in one sentence: Free writing does a body good.  The act of free writing (of putting down things on paper without...
Should You Pay Money to Start a Blog?

Should You Pay Money to Start a Blog?

I love me some blogging, and have since 2006, when I started my first blog. The other day I gave you a complete step-by-step tutorial for how to launch your own self-hosted blog on WordPress. In response to the post, I got lots of questions from readers about starting...
How Can I Help You?

How Can I Help You?

Claire here. You’re on my blog, ClaireDiazOrtiz.com, where I write things. Good things, bad things, things in the middle between bad and good. Today, I’m writing to ask you a kinda weird thing. Here goes. What do you need? Yup. Is there a way that I can...