by writerpatkramer | Nov 19, 2024 | Business - Oriented
Starting in January 2025, sign up for a workshop on Memoir Writing
by writerpatkramer | Nov 11, 2024 | Feature Story
People used to take the time to write letters to one another Before I was a writer – and even as a young child – I wrote letters to my various aunts and uncles, grandmothers, my parents and my siblings. This was something I was taught was part of “good manners.” You...
by writerpatkramer | Sep 16, 2024 | Feature Story
This week, I started going through some boxes of old letters and cards dating back some 20, 30, even 40 years! I am a saver of documents. I have always been a writer starting back in my childhood days when I had pen pals in other states. I looked forward to getting...
by writerpatkramer | Aug 6, 2024 | Business - Oriented
As an Independent Business Writer I Needed a Support System I started my writing company, Writer For Hire, in 1990 after being invited by a woman I met at my Temple to attend her LeTip networking group in Los Angeles. At that time, I was already ten years out of...
by writerpatkramer | Jun 28, 2024 | Business - Oriented
It wasn’t until I got interested in my own ancestry that I began to really think about what life was like for my ancestors. My grandfather crossed the ocean at the age of 16, leaving the Ukraine for a better life in America in about 1910. He was alone on that...
by writerpatkramer | Jan 19, 2024 | Business - Oriented
You’ve been asked to speak at an in-person event and want to make the best possible impression on your audience. These ten tips will provide you with guidance on how to dress for impact and appeal when presenting on stage, which is crucial for creating a positive...
by writerpatkramer | Jan 3, 2024 | Business - Oriented
Are you getting your name or your business “out there” often enough to be noticed? Writing blogs or articles is a very cost-effective way to keep your business in front of your chosen market. In addition to sharing your expertise on the subject on which you write, the...
by writerpatkramer | Jan 3, 2024 | Business - Oriented
In my bedroom I have an upholstered chair known as a “rocker recliner.” My dad was in the furniture business as a manufacturer and this blue, velvety upholstered chair came from his factory, Mechanics Furniture Manufacturers, in Worcester, Massachusetts back in...
by writerpatkramer | Nov 28, 2023 | Business - Oriented
At the November 16, 2023 ProVisors joint meeting of the Family Business Affinity Group and Transactions and Transitions Affinity Group, we heard a presentation given by Morvareed Salehpour, a business and tech lawyer here in Los Angeles. In her talk, she presented...
by writerpatkramer | Nov 22, 2023 | Business - Oriented
Thanksgiving is not always a happy holiday, at least not for me. I lost my Aunt Ronnie the day before Thanksgiving in 1989. She was my closest relative in Los Angeles and my only family member here. Five years later, I lost my older sister Nancy, who hosted our...
