Don’t worry, it’s not really a test. You’d probably get 100 percent on this one, anyway. However, if you’ve heard or read these words over the years, but were never quite sure of the definitions, this is your chance to move up to the advanced class. Anachronism: An error in chronology; a person or [...]
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Ten Blog Post Ideas Inspiration can strike in a moment and it can leave you just as quickly. If you can’t think of anything to write about, and it’s been too long since your last post, try these tips to get the words flowing again. Question and Answer: Interview yourself as a child or teenager. [...]
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Sorry, Lorraine, you have to actually READ the dictionary. The Oxford English Dictionary contains full entries for over 250,000 words. Is it any wonder that we get confused by a few of them? Here are twelve tricky word pairs that even a Rhodes Scholar could get wrong. 1. assent vs. ascent Assent means [...]
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Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass. ~Anton Chekhov Blogging About the Storms in Your Life Hurricane. Earthquake. Divorce. A bad diagnosis. The week that changed everything. Some bloggers would jump on the chance to narrate their most traumatic experiences: it’s just more blog material, right? Others [...]
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Look at the photo of Dean Martin and Shirley MacLaine. Do you see two movie stars flirting with each other? Do you think it’s a scene from a movie, or a candid shot on a movie set? Are they laughing about whatever Shirley is holding? Did she draw a picture of one of [...]
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Unnecessary Words We often read that blog posts should be brief and that readers like to read posts quickly. When writing your post, make sure that you’re not filling it with words that don’t need to be there. Words to avoid: frankly, actually, honestly, truthfully, really, quite, so, very, somewhat, seems, utterly, practically, basically, probably, appears, very, [...]
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We’re Not in Kansas Anymore You might have felt a bit like Dorothy in “The Wizard of Oz” when you took the first step toward starting a blog. You were entering a new world, unsure of how to get to your destination. There are many similarities between Dorothy’s journey to meet the Wizard and your [...]
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I submitted my first keyword article to an online publishing company today. The article seemed to take an eternity to complete and the pay won’t be worth the time put in if I just look at it from a monetary perspective. I choose to look at it as a learning experience, however, or a very [...]
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List the top three goals for your blog in order of importance. What do you want to get out of your blog — more customers, brand recognition, a way to offer coupons and special pricing, a way to create a marketing email list? Will you create a page of testimonials? Will you create an email [...]
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Hollywood icon Elizabeth Taylor has died today from congestive heart failure, she was 79. Elizabeth Taylor was a class act, I have been a fan of hers since I first saw her in Who is Afraid of Virginia Woolf? I was mesmerized by her performance and in the days before VCRs, TIVO and cable (at [...]
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