Grammar Don’t Matter (And Other Online Writing Myths)

by Greg

You’ve read it before, probably on multiple occasions: Perfect grammar is less important when writing online content than it is for other types of writing. Not so. Grammar does matter. It always has done, and it always will do. Wherever writing is used to communicate ideas and thoughts, grammar will be essential. Because in the [...]

Can You Write a Non-Fiction Book in 60 days?

by Greg

Guest post by Paul Lima With the growth in the self-publishing and print-on-demand industries, many budding authors are eschewing traditional publishers and are publishing their own work. Public speakers are doing it. Seminar and workshop leaders are doing it. Technical trainers, financial planners, real estate agents and lawyers are doing it. Nutritionists and fitness experts [...]

Think Proofreading Isn’t Important? Think Again…

Proofreading. The word alone is enough to bore the socks off most writers. After going through the whole creative process and editing your work down to a work of art bordering on the sublime, you’re presented with the wearisome process of taking a magnifying glass to your sentences and going on a hunt for misplaced [...]

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21st-Century Freelancing: 8 Reasons It’s So Great to Be a Modern-Day Writer

The idea of writing for a living has been a popular one for many people over the years, but it has to be said that people who want to be writers are now in a better position than ever before. Here are eight reasons why, right now at the start of the 21st century, writers [...]

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Becoming a Freelance Writer: 6 Things You Think You Need But Really Don’t

I may not know you, but I’ve got a good idea about why you want to become a freelance writer. Is it something to do with spending your days doing what you enjoy doing, not having to take any hassle from your nightmare boss, spending more time with your family and less time in the [...]

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3 Much-Lauded Benefits of Being Self-Employed That Don’t Always Work Out

Ah, the self-employed life. What a way to live! The freedom, the enjoyment, the unlimited earning potential. Who could fault it? One of the reasons why being self-employed is so often seen as the solution for anyone who is unhappy in their mundane 9-to-5 is because many self-employed people have a habit of regularly promulgating [...]

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The Only Thing You Ever Need to Worry About When Writing Web Content

“Compelling content.” “Written with the search engines in mind.” “Unique.” “Google loves quality content.” These phrases are bandied around by all and sundry when it comes to the qualities of content writing until they bear no more weight than a cliché as well-worn as Bono’s sunglasses. Not only that, but all of these well-meaning but [...]

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Do a Dickens and Use Other Writers as Your Inspiration

All the best writers across the centuries have one thing in common: They have all used other writers as their inspiration. Charles Dickens was inspired by Sir Walter Scott, Washington Irving, his good friend Wilkie Collins, and surely a number of other writers of his day. And they, alongside the countless people he encountered in [...]

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Why Some People will Never Stand a Chicken’s Chance of Becoming a Freelance Writer

Let’s be honest: Not everyone is cut out to be a writer. That one phrase alone may ruffle a few feathers. If I said that not everyone is cut out to be a professional football player or astronaut, I doubt anyone would batter an eyelid. But writing is different. Writing is something that the vast [...]

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Black Hat Writing: Why Some Writers Flirt with the Dark Side

I love those earnest proclamations on SEO company websites of, ‘We don’t use any black hat techniques’. Is it really necessary to use the fact that you are not going to use unethical techniques as a selling point? But to be honest, I’ve done it myself in the past when I used to try and [...]

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