(and could possibly make them want to light you on fire) I know I’ve mentioned most of these grammar usage pet peeves peppered throughout other articles, but they keep happening. In view of that, seems that some of these big…
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So you want to be a freelance writer… You decided. You’re going to do it. You’ve toiled away at your outside job and pecked at your writing when time allows. But lately? You’ve chafed at the lack of creative forward…
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Misused Phrases, Take 2 It does so irk me when people get idioms, adages, and expressions wrong. Is it just me? Am I overly pedantic? It’s been more than half a year since I scratched out the first list. During…
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Inspirational words It’s the new year and I was feeling a bit introspective since the calendar turned over. Like all creatives, I’m always looking for some inspirational words to keep my creative fires stoked. I take no credit for any…
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Choosing and Using Keywords for Your Website Choosing and using keywords for your website is one of the most important things you can do for yourself. I’ve gone through this exercise multiple times over the years and learned from doing…
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Wrong pronunciation can lead to incorrect spelling The way words are pronounced doesn’t always correlate to the way they’re written. What I mean by that is, just because you hear a word pronounced one way, doesn’t mean you should spell…
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Misused Phrases – 15 idioms, adages, and expressions Misused phrases in writing can kill your credibility in a heartbeat. Errors in idioms, adages, and popular expressions won’t go unnoticed, so it’s important to get these right. It doesn’t matter what…
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Stuff That Annoys Me (yup, I have a list for that, too) I never said I was mature, okay? Being (slightly) compulsive means that subconsciously, I understand that my mission in life is to organise the entire universe and everything…
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Okay, let’s get this part out of the way… It appears I’m old. I never really think of myself this way, but I deduced this is true from what I see going on around me lately. I don’t understand what…
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Here’s the current state of the world, at least as far as freelance content writing… With the advent of the Internet, there rose a disturbing trend toward everyone and their brother growing to labour under the delusion they were a…
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