Mary Morel

Bondi Beach, New South Wales
www.themfactor.com.au

Mary's been making a living from words all her working life —as a teacher, freelance writer, facilitator, speaker and consultant. She's been a soloist most of that time having made the decision years ago to work around her children. Now the children are grown (and almost gone), she just likes the lifestyle.

The author of two small business marketing books, Promote Your Business: How to write effective marketing material for your small business and Talk Up Your Business, Mary has new book Write to Govern in the pipeline. She’s also developed three online training programs on grammar, business writing and promotional writing.

Mary writes a monthly e-newsletter, Factorial, about writing, grammar and marketing. 

Mary's memorable quote
"The beautiful part of writing is that you don't have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon." Robert Cormier, US author.

Articles by Mary

• Marketing

  Styles in modern business writing

  First impressions count and we usually judge a piece of business writing on its visual appearance before we’ve even read a word.

  • Published today
  • Mary Morel

• Marketing

  Punctuation rules: Correct use of apostrophes

  With so many different punctuation rules that need to be followed when writing the English language, it can sometimes get confusing. This article outlines the correct use of apostrophes.

  • Published 13 October 08
  • Mary Morel
  • 10 Comments

• Marketing

  Tips for self-editing and proofreading

  As most soloists can’t afford to pay a proofreader to edit their writing, the occasional typo is inevitable. However, to make sure your final copy is as good as possible, here are some tips for self-editing and proofreading.

  • Published 05 September 08
  • Mary Morel
  • 14 Comments