Lindsey Rivait is a freelance writer and editor from Windsor, ON with eight years of experience in the writing, editing, and publishing fields. She specializes in arts and business writing, grant writing, newsletters and mailing lists, press releases, press kits, and more. When she isn't busy with all that, she's plugging away at her first novel.
Archive for November, 2010
The importance of keeping bed-side notebooks
Thursday, November 25th, 2010When I was about 12 years-old, I kept a small Sailormoon notebook (I was so cool, don’t let this fool you) next to my bed to write down all my dreams. The dreams of a 12 year-old girl aren’t exactly exciting– I think most of my dreams had to do with Conan O’Brien (again, I [...]
Using those spare minutes to write
Wednesday, November 24th, 2010Finding time to write, especially during the holidays, can be a daunting task. One common piece of writerly advice is to write even if you have only 15 minutes to spare. You don’t need a four-hour block of time (although, it’s always nice to have). Of course, I’m completely guilty of not abiding by this [...]
I’m still alive
Tuesday, November 16th, 2010Sometimes I suck at blogging. I’m good at reading blogs and wasting time on the Internet, but working on my own– clearly I’m lacking on that one. I post to Twitter on a semi-regular basis, so catch me @lindsey27. There’s a little Twitter widget guy to your right down there somewhere. I also updated that [...]