Exploiting Clichés

Who said that clichés are never good? Well really should avoid them most of the time. After all, I am sure that you can come up with something more original and something that would drive your point home – most of the time, that is. Yet what about those times when you simply cannot get […]

Story Telling In Your Blog

I remember joining writing contests when I was in grade school. I loved the actual writing and appreciated all the input that my mother and English teachers would give me. One thing that stood out from all the pieces of advice that I received is this: Tell a story. Telling a story engages your readers […]

How To Come Up With A Good Tagline

Aside from your blog name, your blog’s tagline might be the hardest thing that you have to come up with. In fact, for some people, the tagline might even be harder to create than the blog name. Indeed, how do you come up with a good tagline? The bad news is that there are no […]

Suffering From Blogging Stress?

I have always believed that when you engage in an activity, you have to make sure that it is something that you at least like, if not really enjoy. When blogging started out many many years ago, I didn’t immediately jump into the bandwagon. I was not sure that I would like it, much less […]

The Ubiquitous Comma

My day job involves monitoring and proofreading reports. While it is not the sole aspect of what I do, I find myself spending a considerable time doing this. And if there is one thing that I have learned in the past year, it is how to use the comma. Mind you, two separate sentences! Originally […]

Blogging IS Writing

Blogging is often taken as informal writing. While this may be true, it does not mean that it is okay for a blogger to disregard writing rules. It’s bad enough that Internet sources are not considered as scholarly, and it’s worse that there are sites that prove it right – because of poorly written articles. […]