What About Us? by Karen Kleiman, MSW, LCSW
After Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts, this author wrote a follow-up book about how partnerships can be challenged and strained with the addition of a baby.
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Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts by Karen Kleiman, MSW, LCSW
Whenever I edit a book manuscript, I learn something new and exciting, but this author and this book took the editing experience to another level for me personally. I’m so glad I got the opportunity to work with this amazing mental health professional and play a small part in spreading her valuable message to new moms.
Skinny Southern
Do you love comfort food? That’s honestly a trick question. Pretty much everyone loves it. The problem is that comfort food is traditionally loaded with butter, sugar, gluten, and a whole bunch of other stuff that makes it sit heavy in your stomach and heavy on the scale. A “skinny Southern” almost seems like an oxymoron.
New Year! New Adventures!
Happy 2019! I hope everyone enjoyed the holiday season. Around this time each year, people talk about resolutions and goals. I won’t beat a dead horse and encourage you to make and keep your own goals this year. We all know we should. So I’ll just share some of my professional goals and leave you to ponder your own. Well, the new year is starting with a bang for me! I just got a job copy writing for a marketing…
Knot It! Now Available!
On top of my freelance writing work, I started editing for a publishing company named Familius back in February. My first book that I edited with them is now published! It’s so exciting to see my name in print, and I’m ecstatic that this book is finally available! Knot It! was a great project to work on, and I learned so much that I even impressed my Eagle Scout husband with my new knot knowledge. So, if you or someone…
New Adventures
Hello there, all. I haven’t written on here in a long time because I’ve been addressing personal . . . events, shall we say. To put it succinctly, I’m moving from Houston to Dallas with my family in early 2019. Change is never easy, but it usually brings growth and opportunities for improvement. I look forward to seeing I grow as a writer because of this change. Most of my clients have been geographically close to me, so with this…
Finding a Niche
I’m always looking to improve my skills and craft, and I’m always open to valuable advice and criticism because I know that I can progress if I use it. As a freelance writer and editor, I have found hundreds–no, thousands–of resources out there for improving a freelance writing and editing business. Many of them talk about picking and sticking to a niche as one of the first steps. My past experience with writing and editing has been pretty diverse, ranging…
One Easy Way to Improve Writing Skills
What is the one sure-fire way to improve your writing skills? In one word: read. It makes sense, right? To write well, you need to read, but it’s more than simply being able to read. Read as much as you can, especially in the genre you want to write.The more you read, the more you see what you like, trends of popular writing styles, and “acceptable” usage in that genre of writing. If you want to write for a certain…
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Thank you for visiting my website. I hope you find what you’re looking for and know that I’m here to help. Feel free to look around and contact me if you have any questions. In the blog, I will be sharing more writing samples; advice for writing, editing, and freelancing; and general opinions or musings that I have, so you can get to know me better! I hope you’ll stick around to see what’s coming next!
