25 Things You Can Do To Become A Better Writer

This is a short post that is based almost entirely on Chuck Wendig’s 25 WAYS TO BE A HAPPY WRITER (OR, AT LEAST, HAPPIER). I’d like to tell you I visit his home on a regular basis and that we exchange holiday cards but anyone who knows me can tell you I am not a greeting [...]

Sometimes Simple Is All You Need

The blogosphere is littered with posts about how content is king and how we all need to work hard to create great “titles and tags” that will “attract eyeballs.” All of that may be true but those people are missing the boat here because what you need to do is learn how to tell a [...]

Don’t Let Perfection Ruin Good Enough

“It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs [...]

Write For People And Not For SEO

Tuesday night I received an email from someone who offered to teach me how to write “dynamic, turnkey copy that is optimized for SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and guaranteed to drive copious amounts of traffic to my blog.” My response was to point, click and delete. It wasn’t because I don’t believe in SEO or [...]

Plan To Fail Or Fail To Plan

After almost nine years of blogging I can tell you with more than an ounce of conviction that you can make money online and that you can do it through blogging. There are more than a few ways to skin the cat we call monetizing a blog and I can help you with any or [...]