Busy — Thu, 14 Mar 2002 07:40:41 +0000

I'm Busy

Johnboat — Thu, 14 Mar 2002 01:28:39 +0000

I will. I've been busy. Look for it tomorrow.

Suzanne — Thu, 14 Mar 2002 00:55:24 +0000

Quote: Originally posted by Johnboat
Any who, I'm going to PM you later ok Suzanne. I have a couple questions for you. BTW... you're site is very nice.

You're welcome to PM me, or you can email me (see the link above). Thanks for the compliments! Always welcome, even when they aren't warranted.

mmi — Thu, 14 Mar 2002 00:17:01 +0000

just kidding

Johnboat — Wed, 13 Mar 2002 23:26:50 +0000

HUH?

mmi — Wed, 13 Mar 2002 22:50:55 +0000

Feeling unwanted on Mar. 13, 2002 at 05:50 PM
Why: nobody wants to buy mmy high-quality services, and I'm reduced to gettin' the bum's rush out of the hotel lobby from security

disaster-master — Wed, 13 Mar 2002 16:13:10 +0000

Quote: I'm working with a client right now that loves the work I'm doing for him. I can improve my grammar.

If the client is happy then that is what counts. And we could all stand to be corrected on our grammar and spelling from time to time. Even Me!

Johnboat — Wed, 13 Mar 2002 15:29:44 +0000

Well as far as web design and graphic design, I do a good job. I'm working with a client right now that loves the work I'm doing for him. I can improve my grammar.

Megan — Wed, 13 Mar 2002 14:19:15 +0000

Quote: Originally posted by Johnboat
So Megan, I understand that you get fed up with bad grammar but, good grief, you can change the world here.

I was mainly kidding about that.

So, you can admit that you have bad grammar. That's good. Now, is is that okay? Think about it. Why would a client hire you? Because they don't know how to design webpages and you do. They realize that it is a better business plan to hire someone else to do a good job rather than doing a bad job on their own. This is just good business - if you can't do it well yourself, hire somebody who can. I understand that you're financially pressed right now, so if you can't find someone to do it within your price range maybe this is something you can think about once you get some paying clients.

mmi — Wed, 13 Mar 2002 08:45:37 +0000

Quote: I know how important good grammar is but I'm just not a good creative writer, I'm creative in design.

oh, I'd say these are two separate things (writing and editing) - if you can think creatively (as it seems you can), you can write creatively - of course, it may not be easy - it can be a great struggle, in fact, to come up with "a good way" to precisely (like "in black and white") communicate some thought - but as you know, life's a struggle - I sometimes use the metaphor of a "bleeding forehead" to describe a particularly obstinate authorial experience

as Busy mentioned, and as you seem to be accepting, "read, edit, edit, reread, get a second pair of eyes on it..."

Quote: Find yourself a grumpy person who hates grammatical errors and you have yourself a reasonably good editor

yer lucky you live on the West Coast, Suzanne, or I'd show ya "grummpy" :cartman: - but seriously, I'm really only restating her second point here

Quote: plain language (easy to understand, clearly broken down, lots of headings and "eyeholds")

I'd say that's an important part of creative writing in this context - doesn't fall out of the sky, at least not in mmy neighborhood

to conclude, when I read over this wonderful contribution to Western civilization, I find one obvious error - it's not the experience that's obstinate - if this were a doc to be published on mmy site, I'd need to rewrite that