Beyond the Rhetoric

Based on the title of today’s post, you may be led to believe that this is going to be a rant on the demise of proper grammar. You may think that I’m about to admonish the rise of text talk, l33t speak, and Internet slang. But that’s not the case. While I could certainly yammer [...]

Writing with good grammar is only one part of the equation. It’s great when you’re spelling is just right and you use the right kind of punctuation in the right places, but you also want your writing to be interesting to read. With that challenge comes the possibility of bending the grammar rules and you [...]

Life as a freelance writer is pretty sweet. You get to work whenever you want, wear nothing but your underwear all day long, and watch reruns of 30 Rock on Comedy Central all day long. The only drawback to the profession is being creative on demand. Sometimes what you write can feel forced and insipid [...]

It’s one thing to ensure your writing has perfect grammar and spelling. It’s another skill altogether to ensure that your writing is compelling, captivating, and informative. That’s a much tougher task, because you need to capture your readers’ attention and retain that attention throughout what you want to say. In the past, I’ve discussed such [...]

It’s a question that I get asked from time to time: how do you write so much on such a consistent basis? Do you ever get writer’s block? As a professional freelance writer who works primarily on the web, it’s just the nature of the business that I’m constantly writing new content each and every [...]