Since I started writing for Medium last April, I’ve been at sea: What to post here? What to post there? How do I decide? Experience is the best teacher. I garner more “eyeballs” on Medium where my articles can be curated — selected by editors (the process, as explained on Medium) who then feature the […]
Dear Reader, I’m Sending You Elsewhere
Yesterday — much to my delight — Jane Brody‘s featured “The Benefit of Talking To Strangers” in her “Personal Health” column for the New York Times. Actually, it’s about consequential strangers. With in-person time with family and close friends now limited by a mutual desire to avoid exposure to Covid-19, the brief socially distant contacts […]
Facebook Mistook Me for a Russian Troll
Sometimes, I shell out a few dollars for Facebook to “boost” a post on my Melinda Blau, author page. Writers like to be read. Yesterday, for example, I pledged $8 to promote “Make America Capable Again.” To my surprise, a few hours later I received a message from Facebook: “Your ad was rejected.” […]
How To Not Write 2020: Still Battling Procrastination
I have been writing and revising “How To Not Write” since 1977, the year the late T. George Harris took a chance on me. Founder of Psychology Today and American Health, T. George was then at New York magazine. I worked in educational publishing (as editor and author). He patiently — and, in retrospect, […]
Writing coach: I could do that
I don’t write novels, and my “debut pitch” happened decades ago. Still, I find myself reading, “How Many Words in a Novel: The Perfect Word Count for Your Debut Pitch.” I get there the way so many of us flit from here to there in cyberspace, wasting milliseconds that add up to hours. (Don’t believe […]