About Me Archive
27 Aug 2013
Ultimately, a teacher is to blame for making me a writer. How about you?

In her Prof KRG blog, Kenna Griffin asks: When did you discover your love for writing? I’d love to hear your stories. She cites a study of journalists in which “Basically, the journalists interviewed spoke about how they always wanted to be journalists, having identified the profession during their youth. The journalists reported that they
31 Jul 2013
The ‘I told you so’ post

Fifteen years ago, I already knew what would happen to me in 2013. And I have proof. In 1998, I was the editor of The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer’s personal finance and personal tech sections. That included writing a weekly section-front column. Having admitted in my first column that I was not a personal finance expert,