by Cathy Miller | May 24, 2010
Creative Copy Challenge (CCC) is a shining example of the all the good things about social media communities. The brainchild of Shane Arthur, CCC underscores the theme of this blog – Keep it simple, clear & uniquely yours. Shane took a simple idea, created a...
by Cathy Miller | May 14, 2010
A recent post at my health care blog reviewed a study on medical ghostwriting. As a ghostwriter myself, albeit, not a medical ghostwriter, there were several disturbing parts to this story. Snapshot of Story The subject of my post was an article published in PLoS...
by Cathy Miller | May 12, 2010
New business blogs start every day. You may think you understand copyright issues, but do you really? It’s a lot more complicated than you might think I thought I understood it – hey, I went to college I understand plagiarism However, there is much more to...
by Cathy Miller | May 7, 2010
A recent online article in Inc., Why is Business Writing So Awful? received plenty of notice in the social media world. The author, Jason Fried, takes issue with the overworked, descriptive words used in business writing. Some of his examples may be on your Top 10...
by Cathy Miller | Apr 29, 2010
Recently, I came across a pretty startling statistic. A survey of 120 major American corporations estimated firms spent $3.1 billion on employee deficiencies in business writing. The survey reported that two-thirds or more of salaried employees had some responsibility...
