As a professional freelance writer I focus on the words, the copy, the text. Sure, we do some newsletter work and we have built some very nice layouts. It is not like writers don’t care what their writing looks like, it is just that design is its own skill set, with its own techniques, tricks, [...]
When it comes to writing, there are numerous kinds of people who do it. There are professional freelance writers, there are both published novelists and unpublished novelists (more nicely referred to as aspiring novelists), journalists, copywriters, hobbyists, poets, experienced writers, novice writers, work from home Moms, work from home Dads, online writers, offline writers, screenwriters, [...]
As a professional writer I am on a perpetual hunt for two things. One, is more places to sell writing, or otherwise earn money writing, and the other is more time to write. No matter how hard one looks, there can never be enough of either. The constant pursuit of writing excellence can be enhanced [...]
Is Dreamhost a good web host solution for professional writers? I’m not so sure, anymore.
Is it acceptable for a professional writer to cite Wikipedia as a source? Sometimes, but sometimes not.
What are the rules for writing AP Sytle with abbreviations and acronyms?
Here is a quick Monday morning tip from your friends here at Arctic Llama. If you are working hard on building a quality WordPress website blog where users can comment on the informative posts you write, you need to make sure you get your comment / discussion settings right on your WordPress dashboard. One blog [...]
Just days after I went through the trouble of pointing everyone to d8search as a way to get improved date searching out of Google search results, Google updated the features they offer in their own native search. The homepage of Google search is the same as ever with one minor, and by minor I mean [...]
As a writer, you will inevitably need to do some research for a topic or article you are writing. Often, that research will need to be reasonably current, especially when it comes to topics like technology, finance, news, and legal issues. Google offers some date search functionality in its “Advanced Search” menu, allowing users to [...]
This month has seen an increase in the number of articles written using the word “Trojan”, mostly thanks to Microsoft’s Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) being leaked as a torrent on various trackers around the world. Subsequent news suggested that some of the downloads were infected with malware, specifically a “trojan.” Spellcheck on every product [...]
As a freelance writer who works out of my own home, I also frequently end up working out of businesses or locations with free Wi-Fi, most often coffee shops. It’s a great way to get out of the same old home office room and also a good way to ensure uninterrupted work time if things [...]
