Keeping Up Appearances?
Colleague: You can’t do that! You’ll make them look bad! Me: Umm. Maybe if there were actually doing their job that wouldn’t be an issue?...
When You Only Read the Headline . . .
Sending criticism as a response after only reading the first sentence or two of an email does not endear you to the sender. And it also wastes everyone’s time at least two-fold: It tempts the recipient to ignore you for the rest of the day. You have to spend...
Fake It ’til You Make It — Part 2
Pro Tip: Beginning your inquiry to a publisher regarding the status of your submission with “Still waiting.” is probably not going to get you the kind of attention that you want....