When to Break Grammar Rules: A Writer’s Guide
Grammar is important to learn, if only so you can later break its rules for deliberate effect.
Am I Blogging Enough? Quality vs Quantity in the Blogosphere
The right frequency is as frequent as you can manage while keeping standards high and content compelling.
ChatGPT vs. Procrastination: No Contest!
How ChatGPT defeated the Blank Page of Doom and made me a more productive writer
How Personal Should I Get on a Professional Blog?
There’s definite grey area between the personal and the professional. Everybody’s is different.
How To Write Like You Know What You’re Talking About
It’s not cheating when you check your facts and learn from people who know more than you do.
How Long-Distance Running Made Me a Better Writer
The runner’s high is very real, and there’s nothing better for creative output.
How To Freelance on Top of a Full-Time Job
In the post-COVID world, it IS possible to have your proverbial cake and also eat it.
Creative Nonfiction vs Journalism vs Blogging
They’re all fun and satisfying but finding a balance between them is hard work.
Emojis, Logograms, and the Future of Our Writing System
How the written word could return to its earliest roots
20 Tips for Writing a Killer Cover Letter
A cover letter is your chance to tell people how awesome you are. Here’s how not to blow that chance.
How I Learned to Write Less
With or without technological help, there’s no substitute for inspired teaching.
How To Write When You Don’t Want To
Even a labour of love becomes just labour at times. Here are six strategies for getting ‘er done when you absolutely hate it.
Macro Editing vs. Micro Editing vs. Proofreading
How they’re different – and why those differences matter.
When Will AI Replace Me? Not For A While.
How ChatGPT’s failure to write a haiku put my mind at ease.
Can’t we all learn to use hyphens correctly?
The wokest of all punctuation marks is also the most misused.