by Sue Horner | Dec 7, 2016 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
Confession: I’ve barely started my Christmas shopping, but I have started collecting ideas for gifts. While making my list and checking it twice, I’ve found some terrific ideas — for Christmas, birthdays or other occasions — for the reader or writer...
by Sue Horner | Dec 16, 2015 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
Are you still Christmas shopping? As the big day hurtles closer, those ads warning of “last minute” are starting to hit home. If you have avid readers/writers/word-and-punctuation nerds on your list, you might be interested in these dozen ideas, inspired...
by Sue Horner | Mar 6, 2014 | Writing samples
(Published in Niagara Escarpment Views, Spring 2014) A peek over the fence at some of the community gardens taking root along the Niagara Escarpment. Lush green leaves marked the spinach patch beside Chris Hadfield Public School in Milton last year. At least, the...
by Sue Horner | Jun 18, 2013 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
The caller got right to the point. “How much does it cost for a 250-word newsletter article?” The thing about services is that there’s rarely a simple answer to “How much?” You can always answer with a range, but that’s only helpful if you provide context and details....
by Sue Horner | May 2, 2013 | Most popular posts, The Red Jacket Diaries blog
Are you interested in starting your own business? As companies think about calling all employees back to a physical office, rumour has it that many people are planning to quit. This may be the spark that lights your simmering entrepreneurial passion. After working...
by Sue Horner | Mar 2, 2012 | Most popular posts, Writing samples
(Written for HP Canada employee newsletter) A treasured photo can be a memento of a significant occasion, a record of a birth or marriage, the last connection to a late loved one. For families left homeless after the devastating hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005,...
by Sue Horner | Mar 2, 2012 | Writing samples
(Article written for Suncor Energy employee publication) Like the canary in the coal mine signaling air quality, frogs and toads move in when an ecosystem is healthy. “To most people, toads may not be the ‘sexiest’ wildlife species out there,” says Leo Paquin,...
by Sue Horner | May 31, 2011 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
“Words are not much valued on the Internet, perhaps because it features so many of them.” So reads a line in a recent article by David Streitfeld in The New York Times, called “Funny or Die: Groupon’s Fate Hinges on Words.” The article...
by Sue Horner | Feb 21, 2011 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
Today’s the day: Doing Business in Your Bathrobe Day. Although I am not actually in my bathrobe right now, I could be, and that’s the whole point. Learn more about that in my last post about it.
by Sue Horner | Feb 11, 2011 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
Get your bathrobe ready! Monday, February 21st is the 8th annual Doing Business in Your Bathrobe Day, an annual celebration of the freedom and joys of owning your own home business. (Sorry, link no longer live.) Blogger Kristie Rimmele calls working from home...
