Beyond the Rhetoric

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 [...]

English is a remarkably difficult language to learn if it isn’t your mother tongue. Let’s not even talk about all the grammar rules (and all the exceptions to all those grammar rules). Let’s even forget about idioms like the one above with questionable roots. What about idioms that can be contradicted with other idioms? Interestingly [...]

I’ll admit it. I’ve used the word “workaholic” on more than one occasion, both spoken and written, but I also recognize that the term is technically incorrect and inaccurate to use. It’s one of those neologisms that was created at some point along the development of the English language, but its origin really doesn’t make [...]

Over the course of my freelance writing career, I’ve tried my hand at quite a few different styles of writing. I’ve done event coverage, product reviews, editorials, and everything in between. Even so, to this day, my professional career has been 100% in non-fiction. And that got me thinking (again): could I make it as [...]

We live in an international economy. A Japanese company can have its head office in America, its manufacturing plant in Brazil, and its primary call center in Pakistan. That’s just the way it is and, as such, companies need to invest both time and money in ensuring that they are communicating effectively across cultural and [...]