Over the last few years, I’ve had folks ask me how I write so much. Some of them are just being polite by showing an interest. I like it when people do that. But some have genuinely wanted to know – they’re the folks I love. And it’s fair enoughRead More →
Well written – what does that mean? Certainly, to write is not the easiest thing to do. Like any apprentice, we have to learn our trade the old-fashioned way. Evidently good writers can inspire us by way of example. One of the most important things is to learn that youRead More →
There are three levels of formality in spoken and written language. These levels or tones of language impact on communicative style. Every speaker or writer adjusts her language to the various contexts in which she employs it. I am speaking here about the notion of style and the related dimensionRead More →
“Procrastination is the thief of true productivity, success and progress!” Perhaps the greatest roadblock to becoming an author or writing articles may be procrastination! I speak much along these lines in my book, “Diligence, The Master Key To Achieving Your Dreams.” We keep putting things off, saying that we willRead More →
What would the world be like without creativity? There would be no books, no chairs, no television or anything else. Everything we use in our daily lives, sometimes things we take for granted were all created. I take the position our gift of writing, our ability to create did notRead More →
For many people, their ideal life is to be a writer. They imagine themselves sitting at home writing and earning a ton of money from it. The trouble is, that while this is the ideal, it’s rarely the reality. In fact there is a big difference between wanting to writeRead More →
We’re used to seeing lookalikes–in fact, there are over seven million Google entries related to visual comparisons between similar objects, such as a spaceship and a thermos bottle. There are another two and a half million entries for “separated at birth” lookalikes, such as Don Knotts and Mick Jagger. TESTRead More →
With a grammar guide, you get help in five ways: No Spelling Mistakes You can choose to use a spell checking program, but a contextual spell checker will find all the mistakes you’ve made. Spelling mistakes are seen when the words used are correctly spelled but don’t fit the contextRead More →