"April is the cruellest month," says the first line of T.S. Eliot's masterpiece "The Wasteland." Even though the poem is about much bigger issues than tax time in the US, millions of American taxpayers can't help but agree with its first line....
There are many ways to buy insurance for personal needs. Before signing a contract to protect a new home or one that was previously lived in but is now for sale, a homeowner will do a lot of price comparisons on home insurance. A homeowner might...
Do you write on your own time or are you interested in doing so? Then you might want to publish your writing on a blog. Even though it's hard for many freelance writers to think about putting their work out there for free, there are three ways...
You sit down in front of a blank screen and type a series of words, then a period. You stop for a moment, hit the backspace key to erase everything, and then type another set of words. You get what I'm saying?
Why is it that sometimes...
There are three main ways to get your book out into the world. You can try to get one of the big publishers, like Penguin or Random House, to accept your book proposal, but that will be hard. These companies only work with well-known authors or...
If you're like me, you're not writing that banner ad, website, or landing page to impress your English teacher. You write to get people to buy.
If you also get a "A," that's great. Don't count on it, though. You'll have to play around with...
I hate to say it, and I'm even afraid of being misunderstood, but I spend a lot of time on things that aren't important and hurt my business. Let's be honest: the Internet is a cool tool, but it can keep you from doing what you really need to do,...
A piece of land in the Mediterranean Sea. An African beach. New Zealand's eastern coast. What are these places all the same? When someone recently asked for help from freelance writers, responses came from all of these places. I know writers in...
When we're in the creative zone, our minds can be so full of colours, sounds, words, and images that we forget we have a body. But when unhealthy habits drain your body of energy and strength, they also drain your creativity and...
For people from other countries, learning Chinese characters seems to be the hardest part. I think the main reason for that is that Chinese characters look very different from their quarter parts in Roman languages. Each Chinese character shows...