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.

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 ...

Last week we dropped my two sons off at their first overnight camp. They are 9 and 11. They will spend almost a month there, and we will be here, at home, feeling weird about things. Since the only ...

Writing an effective business letter is an important skill no matter what type of job you hold. Although business communications have become much more casual with the advent of the internet and email, ...