Garbl's Writing Center: Editorial Style and Usage, Concise Writing, Plain Language

New web host for Garbl's Writing Center

With the new year and new decade, I've migrated my 20+year-old website -- Garbl's Writing Center -- to a faster, more reliable hosting service. And I've relaunched my site with my own domain name: garbl.info. Just type garbl.info into your web browser's address bar, and it should bring up my site.

If you haven't been to my site before, it's a free portal to these writing tools:

• an editorial style manual
• a plain-language writing guide
• several guides to concise writing
• a bookshelf of writing references I recommend.

Now that I'll have better control over its appearance and structure, I hope to make it less static and more dynamic -- but still keep it easy to use. I also want to update some of the content and bookshelf recommendations. Perhaps I'll even add photography and spend more time writing this blog!

One other thing. As I state on my website: "Whatever their acclaim and position, all writers need editors. I don't have one for Garbl's Writing Center, so if you spot a typo, unclear message, possible error, or bad link, please let me know."

https://garbl.info/

How to Think Differently About Your New Year's Writing Goals | Writing and Wellness

How to Think Differently About Your New Year's Writing Goals | Writing and Wellness:

Our minds are perhaps more like machines than we’d like to believe. We’re basically on autopilot, following the same patterns of behavior day in and day out, which means that nothing will change until we consciously force it to. If you avoid setting goals, in other words, and simply continue your writing life the same way you did last year, it’s unlikely you will realize your vision of where you want to be.