SUBJECT MATTER

MY WORDS KNOW THEIR WAY AROUND,

ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO:

  • Animals: pets, horses and livestock.
  • Adoption: open and transracial; birth parent and adoptive parent relationships.
  • Business: cultural manners; hiring, firing and managing employees; improving bottom line; moving products and services.
  • Education: college-readiness – career search, curriculum, college choice, admission and scholarship essay writing;  financial aid; mock interview skills; resume construction; site council operations, high school administration; and cultural anthropology.
  • Farm and Rural Living: including animal husbandry; country business enterprises; crafts; crops; hobby farms; vineyard management; wineries and wine trends. Connections to Oregon lumber industry.
  • General Topics: home decorating; staging  homes for sale and creating sidewalk appeal; surviving on a shoestring income; book club etiquette; and race relations.
  • Health, Happiness and Lifelong Learning: protocols in working with individuals who are physically or developmentally challenged; hospital and employee/patient relations; 12-step philosophies; walking and weight management.
  • Real Estate Matters: institutional copy for companies, Realtors and sales associates; descriptive copy and presentation of facts and design of brochures for low-end to estate-tier homes and developments.
  • Volunteer Management: recruitment, development and retention.
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  • What It Is I Do

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  • FREE – AND FUN – WRITING TIPS

    RULES FOR GOOD WRITING

    1. Don’t use no double negative.
    2. Make each pronoun agree with their antecedent.
    3. Join clauses good, like a conjunction should.
    4. About them sentence fragments.
    5. When dangling, watch your participles.
    6. Verbs has to agree with their subjects.
    7. Don’t write run-on sentences they are hard to read.
    8. Try to not ever split infinitives.
    9. It’s important to use your apostrophe’s correctly.
    10. Proofread your writing to see if you any words out.

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