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How to Write a Pitch

When you start to blog or have a business, you find yourself in need of a pitch letter. You may want to begin writing reviews or pitching for advertising, if you are a blogger. As a business owner, you may need to write a pitch letter to get your product in the press or to offer it for review. Don’t be intimidated, writing a pitch letter is easier then you may think. Successful pitch letters are short and to the point. I receive pitches all the time, and I can tell you that I skim the long ones because I … Continue reading →

Genealogists Should Write Down Their Own Stories

Most of your genealogy research is going to involve searching for information about your ancestors and your living relatives. It is about filling in the missing gaps in your family tree. In short, it is about finding information about other people, but not yourself. However, there are some excellent reasons why you should take the time to write down your own life experiences. Make sure you set aside time to do it. Not enough people take the time to make a record of their own experiences. It’s very easy to assume that your life isn’t all that interesting, or that … Continue reading →

How To Start A Mommy Blog

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An easy way to share your pregnancy with friends and family is to start a blog. You don’t have to be a professional writer or web design expert. If you can write an email, you can definitely write a blog. Follow these steps to have your blog up and running in no time. 1. Open a free account on a blog hosting site like Blogger or WordPress. Some blog sites offer premium plans, but don’t feel like you have to buy anything. Free plans still allow you to customize the look of your blog and include pictures in your posts. … Continue reading →

Getting Ready to Read: Fun Letter Recognition Activities

How can you help your preschooler develop letter recognition, an important pre-reading skill? Here are a few fun ways to practise letter recognition without your preschooler even noticing! Go to a field, the muddier the better, preferably gravel. Snow works too. With a foot or a stick, trace various names or letters of the alphabet in the mud. It’s muddy fun, and it definitely shows the different lines required to create a letter. Play with your food! Make letter bread, letter pancakes, or letter vegetable and fruit slices. Hint: apples make good “c”s. If you’re feeling brave, get out a … Continue reading →

Homeschool Questions and Answers: Reversing Letters

Question: My son still reverses letters. . .sequences of things etc. I’m fairly confident at this point that he has issues with letter reversals. In looking for resources but what I’m finding is stuff for kids who are behind–which my son is not. He is about to start 4th grade math (just started 2nd grade) and I fully anticipate that he’ll get at least half way through 5th grade. . .and he reads at a solid 2nd grade level. So why worry about a bunch of backwards numbers and letters? I’m not worried but I sense that at this point, … Continue reading →

Are Letters a Good Way to Communicate with the Ex?

Communication may have been a problem area when you were partnered with your child’s ex, AND many of us single parents find communicating with the ex or our child’s other parent(s) to be one of the most challenging aspects of sharing custody. Many of us look for ways to make communicating about childrearing and custody arrangements as painless and efficient as possible. We might consider turning to letter-writing as a way to get said what we want to but letter-writing can have its pros and its cons… Writing a letter can be a good way to organize your thoughts and … Continue reading →

The Letter of Complaint

There is probably a good chance that you have written a letter of complaint sometime over the years, but have you ever received on in your home business? What do you do when you are on the receiving end of a well-written (or not so well-written) letter of complaint? Do you take it seriously? Do you take it personally? How can you react reasonably and constructively and make the most of an unpleasant situation? It takes a lot for me to write a letter of complaint, but I have done it a few times. I guess I have found that … Continue reading →

Write Yourself a Letter

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Gerard J.Musante, Psychologist and founder of The Structure House Weight Loss Plan suggests writing yourself a letter as a motivational tool to keep you on the straight and narrow when trying to lose weight. I’ve used this method before and it certainly helps to keep things in perspective. Sometimes we hit a plateau after working a very long time to lose weight and we forget exactly how far we’ve come. Having a letter from the past can be just what we need to show us how far we’ve come and keep us motivated to keep on keeping on. Here are … Continue reading →

Sanjaya Presents the Top Ten List on The Late Show with David Letterman

In case you haven’t been on the planet the last month and don’t know who Sanjaya is, I am talking about Sanjaya Malakar. Sanjaya has been both a curse and blessing to “American Idol” this season. People seemed to either love him or hate him. This innocent looking 17 year old with the huge smile managed to become so talked about, journalists were even asking presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton what she thought of him. What caused so many people grief was the fact that Sanjaya didn’t seem to get votes for his singing ability as much as his looks and … Continue reading →

The Marriage Blog Week in Review February 17 – March 2, 2007

Wow, has it really been two weeks since the last time I sat down to write a week in review? This is what happens when it gets too painful to sit in the upright position and type and for that you have my apologies. So we’re going to do a catch us up Marriage Blog Weeks in Review (two of them to be exact) and we’re going to do a rundown of what you may have missed if you were laid up for the last couple of weeks like I was. So without further ado, let’s dive in! Saturday, February … Continue reading →