Freelancers often struggle to manage time. We may think we can work on whatever, whenever and wherever we want. But many of us work harder than we did in our last “day-jobs.” Business coach Dan Sullivan’s “Entrepreneurial Time System” can restore healthy boundaries between our differing types of work and rest: On “Free Days ..read more

Last week (March 6th) I attended the second annual “AI for Writers Summit,” held online from the US. The conference was created by the Marketing Artificial Intelligence Institute, whose founder and CEO, Paul Roetzer, provided the keynote. It was refreshing to learn about features of AI from people who are bona fide writers themselves—with backgrounds ..read more

February 2024 Vol 6 Issue 2           Tell Your Story Newsletter (TYSN): Specializing in Linguistic and Entrepreneurial Storytelling Let me teach you to tell your story!     Welcome Mid-February, 2024! Happy Mid-February, good readers! Chinese (Lunar) New Year (February 10th)  and Valentine’s Day (February 14th) have just passed (for many ..read more

Saskatoon Freelancers’ Roundtable Group Pictured in this photo are the five most active members of Saskatoon Freelancers’ Roundtable Group, a vibrant writers’ group which has met monthly since 2013. (We’re now celebrating our 11th year and meet monthly at Saskatoon’s HomeQuarter Coffeehouse & Bakery!)           Pictured (left-to-right) are members Ashlyn George ..read more

January 2024 Vol 6 Issue 1 Tell Your Story Newsletter (TYSN): Specializing in Entrepreneurial and Linguistic Storytelling Let me teach you to tell your story! Welcome Mid-January 2024! After having an unusually mild and “brown Christmas” with next to no snowfall, Saskatchewan has made up for lost time! On January 10th, a deep cold-front descended ..read more

A couple of months ago, a meme called “Evolving from Violent Language” by Anna Taylor, was posted on Facebook (Meta), and last winter, on Twitter (X). Taylor is a communications director and “diversity, equity and inclusion champion” at the technology company, Phenomenex. Leaders of democratic countries which value freedom of speech usually do not want ..read more

  December 2023 Vol 5 Issue 12 Tell Your Story Newsletter (TYSN): Specializing in Entrepreneurial & Linguistic Storytelling Let me teach you to tell your story! WELCOME Mid-December, 2023! In contrast to last year, when winter started early (with s now that stayed in November), this year, we’ve had next to no snow and very ..read more

November 2023 Vol 5 Issue 11 Tell Your Story Newsletter (TYSN): Specializing in Entrepreneurial and Linguistic Storytelling Let me teach you to tell your story! Welcome Mid-November, 2023! As I prepare this issue of “Tell Your Story Newsletter,” Saskatoon continues to experience mild, but very grey, weather. Photos from the local TV news remind us ..read more

Long-time Saskatoon-based writers and friends, Ashleigh Mattern, Julie Barnes, Adele Paul, Ashlyn George (not pictured) and Elizabeth Shih meet to discuss forthcoming articles for “Freelance” magazine, published by The Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild. Topics will include how to secure clients,  how to pitch well,  freelancers’ resources and more. Stay tuned ..read more

  October 2023 Vol 5 Issue 10 Tell Your Story Newsletter (TYSN): Specializing in Entrepreneurial and Linguistic Storytelling Let me teach you to tell your story! IN THIS ISSUE: ARTICLE 1: Why the hand-wringing on handwriting?  On handwriting and technology, from staff writers at “The Economist” STORYTELLER’S CORNER: From Merriam-Webster Dictionary: “Eleven Bookish Words for Book Lovers” (and ..read more