Overcome fear of finishing: knock off those side projects one by one

Apr 22, 2014

Posted by: Rachel McAlpine

Filed under: career development, tips

Inspired by Ricky Robinett, I've decided to make Fridays a day for finishing stuff: mainly small side-projects that are almost ready for launch. Great idea: even a failure feels better than something unfinished.

Stuck on grammar? Dismantle the old sentence, create a new one

Apr 09, 2014

Posted by: Rachel McAlpine

Filed under: grammar, plain English

Grammar quandary. Dear Rachel, What is the right word to follow the verb ensure, e.g. he ensures the quality of his products... — what comes next: by using? through using? or simply using?

Global English is the foreign language that most technical writers need

Mar 11, 2014

Posted by: Rachel McAlpine

Filed under: accessible content, books, global English, international communication, technical communication, translatable English

Global English for Global Business by Rachel McAlpine

Learning Global English is more use to most technical writers than learning a Foreign Language. And easier!

Ebook cover design and why I love (some) invoices

Mar 06, 2014

Posted by: Rachel McAlpine

Filed under: books

Invoice from a sister for ebook cover design

Doing business with my sister Lesley Evans is a rather special experience.

Recently she kindly agreed to do illustrations for three of my novels: they will be needed when I reformat my backlist as ebooks and publish them on Kindle.

Self-to-self talk after mind-spa Webstock 2014

Feb 18, 2014

Posted by: Rachel McAlpine

Webstock 2014 was, as usual, a big buzz. Even so, it's just a conference, right? Does buzz alone justify a comparatively big spend? OK, as a mere conference, Webstock is seriously sexy.

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Overcome fear of finishing: knock off those side projects one by one

Stuck on grammar? Dismantle the old sentence, create a new one

Global English is the foreign language that most technical writers need

Ebook cover design and why I love (some) invoices

Self-to-self talk after mind-spa Webstock 2014