Summer stretches before us, with all its potential for meeting research and writing goals. But if you’re going on the faculty-job market for the first time — as a recent Ph.D. or an advanced doctoral ...

In her new book, Syme's Letter Writer, Rachel Syme of The New Yorker explains how to write a delightful letter to a loved one. Unlike texting and email, old-fashioned letters, hand-addressed and sent ...

Whether you want to profess your love to someone special, or you want to re-affirm your love to your significant other, words are a massively powerful tool. The problem is that most people aren’t as ...

With a sea of social media and other digital marketing alternatives available for promoting your business, sometimes it still pays to go low tech. An "AdAge" article reports a well-crafted and ...

A Pain Letter is a new-millennium alternative to a cover letter. It's a letter. It has black or blue ink on a white page, but that's about all that a Pain Letter has in common with a cover letter.

There's no better way to say, "I love you" than by putting pen to paper and writing out a simple love letter. Writing a love letter is more than just a romantic gesture; it's a testimony of who you ...

A few years ago, I wrote “A Letter to College Students (From All Profs)” in which I provided advice to students about how to ask for letters of recommendation. Interestingly, just as students do not ...

If you must write a letter explaining your company's difficulty in repaying a debt, focus on the facts of your financial situation in a rational, even-handed manner. Include some emotion if it comes ...

When you think about how to write a love letter, you may think of an epic, sweeping declaration of one's deepest desires. And although love letters certainly can be this, they don't have to be. For me ...