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3 Ways to Increase Your Income If You’re Self-Employed

Repost One of the biggest challenges of being self-employed is doing everything yourself, from the actual work to accounting to marketing your business. Eventually, the self-employed want to become successful enough to get a steady workflow and make their ideal income. Some self-employed freelancers or business owners stop there, but others want to reach higher.Continue reading “3 Ways to Increase Your Income If You’re Self-Employed”

Does punctuation matter? Some comma humor.

Does punctuation matter? The answer is in this story about a panda that walked into a cafe, ordered a sandwich, ate it, and fired a gun into the air. But why did the panda do such a thing? The answer lies in a badly punctuated manual with a definition of “panda”: “Large black-and-white bear-like mammal,Continue reading “Does punctuation matter? Some comma humor.”

Read Bad Books with Bad Writing

“Every book you pick up has its own lesson or lessons, and quite often the bad books have more to teach than the good ones.”  – Stephen King, a.k.a. “The King of Horror” Today we have a few words of wisdom to share with you, someone who reads and writes. Yes, you are “someone whoContinue reading “Read Bad Books with Bad Writing”

Fashion Tips and Trends for Writers

Part 2: An update. Most writers I know are introverts: shy and unseen. You read about them and their work. Unlike news reporters, teachers, actors, or nurses, you don’t see them while they’re working. So does it matter what writers wear? Of course, writers wear clothes, but what are this elusive group’s fashion trends andContinue reading “Fashion Tips and Trends for Writers”

Why Is Editing Your Work Important?

Repost If you write for your job or business, you need to read this. If you write at all, you should read this. Editing is an important step in the writing process, and it’s more than checking for typos. A lot more because of what’s at stake. Editing can prevent awkward situations that result fromContinue reading “Why Is Editing Your Work Important?”