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Diane

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About Me



I'm a freelance writer specializing in nonfiction. More notably, I am a medical transcriptionist with 19 years of experience this March! Woo hoo! Currently, I am working on a project combining the two--that is, working on an expanded blog site called Thriving and Transcribing Come check it out! You'll be able to sign up to get on my mailing list and receive a free ebooklet on real-world transcription tips. Or you can sign up for the blog's feed below:

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My Interests


Reading, writing, low-fat cooking, calendar trivia, flea market finds, interior design (despite having a mean messy streak,) photography and typing, typing, typing! And in the New Year -- transitioning from an MT (medical transcriptionist) to VA (virtual assistant). Is this a viable option?
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I'd like to meet:


Other writers, medical and general transcriptionists, blues-lovin' friends, and people leading interesting lives of their own making.
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Music:

Koko Taylor (the Queen of the Blues), John Lee Hooker, Little Charlie and the Night Cats, John Hammond, Carlos Colina and The Straight Up Blues Band, Solomon Burke, Dr. John (the Night Tripper), and Van (the Man) Morrison.

Movies:

My very favorite movie is Monty Python and the Holy Grail. I love the scene with the rabbit.

Television:

"Cops," New York Yankees games, "Divine Design," "Are You Being Served?"

Books:

Too many to mention--strewn all about the house.

My Blog

A Mental Vacation

Short and sweet here: I haven't completely disappeared. I'm taking a bit of a mental vacation (and starting to plan for a physical vacation.) It turns out that it's not a good thing to be "recreation ...
Posted by Diane on Thu, 08 May 2008 03:59:00 PST

Oh, My Matronly Ways...

Well, they say every picture tells a story but what's up with this? Last Saturday I posed for my friend Kris Waldherr's soon-to-be-released Doomed Queens book. Apparently, I was channeling forth Cat...
Posted by Diane on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:26:00 PST

Yes, I Sent Myself Flowers

Ooooh! Aaaah! I felt that in honor of the recently wrapped-up Administrative Professionals Week, I would just send myself some flowers (since after all, I am self-employed.) I chose these l...
Posted by Diane on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:55:00 PST

An Auspicious Meeting

Was I lined up today on Fifth Avenue to spy the Popemobile? Nope! See  not only was the Pope in town, but my dear friend Carolyn, who came to check out her old stomping grounds in the ...
Posted by Diane on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 08:32:00 PST

A Funny Thing Happened...

Now this is a really sweet story to share with you. As many of you know, I'm also a writer. I recently responded to an ad from a job board that will remain unnamed to do some Web-based writing. I  a...
Posted by Diane on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:47:00 PST

Geriatric Health Care Crisis

Seventy-eight million baby boomers are headed for old age, yet the healthcare workforce in the United States does not appear prepared in the least for them, says a Wall Street Journal articl...
Posted by Diane on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 04:38:00 PST

Happy Tax Day!

Happy Tax Day? I must be kidding, right? Well&maybe this might be the day to turn things around. I recently found out by posting and reading posts on an email group for medical transcriptionists that,...
Posted by Diane on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:07:00 PST

Found It! Interesting Job Options for Medical Transcriptionists

Well, I am happy to say  I found it! While searching for an interesting travel tome Sacred Places of Goddess: 108 Destinations in a home cluttered with books, this gem finally came out of ...
Posted by Diane on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:58:00 PST

...and Blogging’s Not So Hot, Either

Hmmm. In our last post, we discussed the idea of medical transcriptionists being at the bottom of the health care food chain. Well, as the title of this post tells you, blogging's not so great either ...
Posted by Diane on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:56:00 PST

MTs at "the Bottom of the Health Care Food Chain"

Former president of the American Association of Medical Transcription Pat Forbis makes some excellent points in an editorial for ADVANCE for Health Information Professionals. In it, she points out tha...
Posted by Diane on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:05:00 PST