Not everyone feels comfortable with writing. (I don’t mind, that’s why folks like to hire me!) There can be a lot of reasons for this, ranging from learning disabilities to bad teaching to plain old disinterest. If your memories of learning to write involve sitting in an uncomfortable desk diagramming sentences, there’s an excellent chance […]
It can be tough as a small business owner who loves the community to walk that line between being helpful and being a doormat. You’re sometimes told you’ve got a calling, not just a job, and so you should be thrilled to give your time and money away … no matter how many people have […]
Librarian Twitter (yeah, that’s a thing) recently blew up over a now-deleted blog post on Forbes suggesting that public libraries should be replaced by Amazon and Starbucks in order to save taxpayers money and boost stock prices. I could (and frequently do) spend all day singing the praises of public libraries and debunking the arguments […]