Sometimes you have a heavy writing load and need to crank out a lot of copy. This idea is especially true for freelance writers. It’s often feast or famine in freelancing, and you’re afraid to tell
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Using Guest Posts to Build Your Credibility
I was a journalist for years. I had bylines on Page 1 and throughout the paper and wrote thousands of news stories. But
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Content Buckets: The Smartest Writing Hack I Know
I’ve always had more ideas than time. As a professional journalist, I pitched multiple stories for every deadline. As a
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My Favorite Book of March
I'm ahead, then as quickly as a blink, I'm behind. That's how my 2023 reading challenge is going so far. March
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Why Sunday is My Favorite Day of the Week
I used to get the “Sunday Scaries.” You know the feeling when you spend most of your Sunday dreading the work week
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What I Think About ChatGPT and Other AI Writing Tools
As a writer, editor, content marketer, and journalism professor, you can imagine that many people ask me what I think
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Gratitude Texts: Why I Want You to Steal This Idea
I’m pretty sure it all started while drinking beer in the pool. Shouldn’t all good ideas start that way? Surely all
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The Importance of Storytelling
Do you remember the first book you ever loved? I recall mine. It was Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss. I convinced my mom
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My Favorite Books of February
February didn’t feel like a good reading month. I felt like I was slogging through books and didn’t think my total read
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14 Tech Writing Tools You Need to Write Smarter, Not Harder
Writing is already challenging. There’s no need to make it any more difficult. That’s why I rely on these tech writing
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