I was invited to write a guest blog for Anne Wayman of About Freelance Writing and am thrilled that my blog post is live today. Check it out here . It was a pleasure to work with Anne and write this post for her blog. It's all about how I started my online editing business and the unique things that led up to it and the launch of my editing website - editmaster.pro . A big thank you to Anne Wayman for the invitation! Happy Writing!

This book, Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance, describes my life so well it's eerie. I was born in Middletown, OH, into a Hillbilly Elegy . Some of the stories J.D. Vance told in this book could have been my own. Like Vance, I worked my entire life to overcome and rise above my Hillbilly Elegy. I wanted something more than the despair and unreasonable use of alcohol I saw all around me growing up. Fortunately for me, only half my family had the full Hillbilly Elegy in force. My mother and my maternal grandmother defied the odds of their Hillbilly Elegy by rising above it and insisting on more civilized behavior, which resulted in a more civilized lifestyle. Neither of them drank alcohol, even though both their husbands did. I don't recall my maternal grandfather ever drinking in their house and I would be hard pressed to remember ever seeing a beer in their refrigerator. It was an unspoken truth, known by everyone in the family, that my grandmother did not tolerate drinking in ...

I saw actor Harrison Ford on Live! with Kelly & Ryan one morning. He's clearly a talented actor and I've enjoyed his work in several different movies. One of my favorites is The Fugitive. Air Force One isn't bad, either, not to mention Star Wars and the Indiana Jones series. Not bad. However, not everyone believed in him. During his interview, he related a story from early in his career. In one movie, before he hit it big, he played a bell hop in a hotel. He said one director called him over and told him he will never make it as an actor. He told him he knows an actor who was so good that when he played a delivery boy, he watched him and saw a great movie actor. Harrison Ford's response was unreal...he said, "Shouldn't you have seen a great delivery boy?" Now, that's a great comeback! And it wasn't in any script. My point in telling this story is simply that not everyone will believe in your talents, but it doesn't matter. If no one e...

I often say everyone needs an editor. I thought I would elaborate on this idea for a few minutes. Needing an editor does not make you an idiot. Admitting you need an editor sets you apart. I can't tell you how many blog posts and articles I've read that needed editing. For me, it's rather distracting. I've come up with a few reasons editing is so necessary. 1. When we write, we are spelling out our passion. Whether it's a lifestyle blog or instructions on how to cook crickets, writers write with passion and passion often disregards grammar. Perhaps one could argue that the more mistakes you make while writing, the more passionate you are about your topic. 2. We often write how we think or talk. One universal thing I teach my writing students is not to write how they talk unless they are writing a novel with that required dialog. A common mistake I see on this one is, "I could of gone to town," which should read, "I could have gone to town....

What is content marketing? Simply put, it's marketing your content....putting your content, the information you produce, out in the world for potential readers to see. You are marketing your content. This can be easier said than done. I briefly cover content marketing in my ebook, Writing for Publicaation , available here . In the ebook, I share that it's important to not only market your content, but brand yourself in your market. You are giving content to sell a brand....and that brand is you, but you're marketing your content, not yourself. Market your writing, not your personality. Use your personality as a marketing tool, but don't market it as the brand. People can get tired of you, but they will never tire of relevant, consistent information which helps them succeed. For more, be sure to read the ebook so you can be on your way to e-publishing success.  You can do this! Write often. Write well. Just write. ~Tricia

My newest ebook, The Poverty of Patriarchy , is now available on Amazon. Click here for your copy. The Poverty of Patriarchy is a brief look at the spiritual and emotional distortion of relationships through patriarchy, resulting in chaos and abuse in the lives of women. From realizing patriarchy promotes idol worship to breaking the cycle of women manipulating men, this book explores the underlying causes of these actions and offers real solutions that actually work. This book unequivocally encourages women - and men - to pursue Jesus first, in all relationships and in all facets of life, to learn to read the Bible without filters and not lean on human reasoning when it comes to Biblical interpretation. The main focus is women because abuse of women and children is rampant in churches and within para-church organizations, and patriarchy is the underlying cause of this tragedy.  The stories in this book are true and the people are real, although their names and other identi...

Today, I ran across an article depicting a photo series about waste and recycling. You can read the article and see the photos  here . The photographer was trying to make a point, but the point was lost on many people because the photography wasn't authentic. The photographer claimed he did not throw away any trash for 4 years and the containers which held his consumable products were evidence of this. Some clever readers did the math and commented on how this was staged...that even a family of five would not consume as much toilet paper as was represented here by empty rolls. They also observed that the stacks of newspapers contained still-bundled papers that a regular, household consumer would not buy. So, clearly, this was not simply 4 years of consumption for one person; this photo series was staged. The photographer did not give a disclaimer, however, and say the photos were staged with much more than was actually used. Some also noticed and commented that the game be...