Welcome to the blog for JP Payne and Associates, Inc - a writing consultancy

Welcome to the blog for JP Payne and Associates, Inc.--a writing consultancy based in Ashland, Virginia.  From time to time, we will offer updates on our services, review books and articles, share quotes and ideas, and mention what’s intriguing us these days.

In this challenged economic climate with high levels of unemployment, we are especially grateful to confess that we LOVE our jobs!  That may sound corny, but it’s true.  All of our consultants have a love of language and we get really ramped up about helping folks share their ideas. 

We offer a wide variety of turnkey services.  We will edit your work.  We will write your story and give you the by-line.  We will coach you, teach you, and advance your skill sets.  We will help get your book published or typeset and publish it for you.  We will give your resume new splash and help you find the perfect career.  There are so many ways we can help you promote your concept and yourself.

We’d like to share some quotes with you that we think are worth consideration:

“It’s like thinking something for a long time you can’t put into words.  One day you write it down.  You always have it after that.” Lillian Smith

“Make a habit of listening to the language that people in your inner circle use on a regular basis.  The words we select and the attitude in which we express them reveals our consciousness, which ultimately determines our results.  Be careful.  Consciousness is contagious.” Steve Siebold

“Writing is a way of knowing, a process of discovering connections amid the chaos of sensation, shaping a coherence through acts of language.” Lil Brannon

“Why not go out on a limb?  Isn’t that where the fruit is?” Frank Scully

“You give but little when you give of your possessions.  It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.” Kahlil Gibran