Content mills are a contentious topic in discussions amongst freelance writers, because of their reputation of being the sweatshop of the freelance market. What is a Content Mill? Essentially, content mills, or content farms, produce copy for clients at a low rate, by paying even lower rates to writers. They aren’t clients that are cheap,(…)
It’s been a long time since I discovered a writer as talented and engaging as Glen Duncan, not to mention criminally overlooked. I won’t give too much away, but if you’ve ever wondered what would happen should the devil get the chance to take on a human form and walk the streets of London, here’s(…)
The English language is notoriously tricky, mostly because of the numerous subtle nuances within – silent letters, placement of apostrophes, and variations between UK and US spelling. Of them all, apostrophes and working out where to place punctuation with parentheses (brackets) or quotation marks. An example for punctuation around speech marks and brackets could be:(…)
Attending the London Book Fair yesterday (April 16), a seminar entitled “Does Teen Fiction Require a Ratings System?” caught my attention. The discussion featured author C J Daugherty and children’s book reviewer Dinah Hall. I wasn’t able to listen to the seminar in its entirety, but it was a fascinating topic with some very interesting(…)
For many people, one of the most confusing aspects of English grammar is the semicolon – when should it be used? Can I use a comma instead? In fact, the semicolon is often seen where a comma should be, thus breaking up a sentence that shouldn’t be. The following image should help clarify when to(…)
I’m a little late in publishing this entry, but in honour of St Patrick’s Day on the weekend, there is a 25% discount on all of the literary services until midnight March 24. As a brief overview, that includes ghostwriting, copywriting, editing, proofreading, consultancy, book promotion and social media management. Word Edit caters to all(…)
Typos are just a given in life, and they sneak past the best of us. That being said, there are some that make everyone scratch their head and wonder just how it happened. We can probably all agree that this is probably one of the most ironic typos imaginable:
Definitely is definitely one of those words that is misspelled a lot. I have lost count of the number of ways I’ve seen it written (even defiantly, believe it or not), but the most popular seems to be “definately” – as in, Defin ate Ely, whoever they are. If you’re one of the offenders of(…)