Passwords Are to Go the Way of the Dodo?

Glory be! No more long cheat-sheets filled with gibberish passwords to suit the require-ments of finicky sites? Or sweaty palms because we've stuck with the easily hacked "password1234"? Nope. It's all about to change.

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Former IWOC president Jane Ranshaw celebrated  a special birthday by jumping out of an airplane in Monterey, California. Her advice to other would-be jumpers: "Keep your mouth shut. There are bugs up there." Jane said the view of Monterey Bay was spectacular, and she's glad she did it.

Building a Book Platform: What
It Is and Why You Need It

Few things will do more to develop your reputation – your brand – as an accomplished writer than producing a book.

It doesn’t even have to be about the day-to-day work you do. It might be a novel or a series of case studies or a travel piece about your trip to Bora Bora. It’s the book itself that sells you and proves that you understand what it means to take on a sizable project, develop and research it, and put it all together as a coherent, well written book.

Writing the book doesn’t need to be an overwhelming task. Think about starting with client pieces that you’ve already written and been paid for. Compilations of articles on a central theme may accomplish your purpose.

Time Management Tips for the Freelance Writing Life

They also taught the audience to be their own superheroes in the form of the Wonder Woman pose. Stand up straight and tall, hands on hips and breathe deep. The pose does wonders for your confidence so it is great to use before public speaking.

Let’s get acquainted with the polysyndeton. Poly wanna what? Polysyndeton (pol-i-SIN-da-ton) is the use of several conjunctions in close succession to create an effect. The word makes sense if you break it down: “poly” means several and “syndeton” means bound together with. The function of a polysyndeton is not only to bring continuity to a sentence by repeating the conjunction, but also to provide rhythm and style. Check out these examples:

Tornado Season
for Writers

In not too long a time the cold and snow will go away, and we will hear talk about tornado season and admonitions to have a disaster plan in place in case storms make splinters of our homes. The same can be said for our businesses, and the calamity doesn’t have to be as dramatic or as rare as a tornado.

I have friends who run a few family-owned Italian restaurants in southeastern Wisconsin. One night at the end of November a bug-zapper light in one restaurant shorted out. It was late, the restaurant was closed, and by the time someone spotted the flames and firefighters arrived, the business was a total loss. Other businesses in the same strip mall suffered smoke damage. To add to the headache, December is the busiest month of the year for this restaurant.

My friends were prepared, or as prepared as they could be. They had insurance to cover the losses and some costs including some payroll costs.