Writing

Thanks to the Internet and POD (print on demand) publishing, traditional (or deadwood) publishers are looking for ways to stay alive. The Dallas Morning News has come a long way in mixing the Internet and technology with its newspaper. It has established blogs, references “for more info go to www.xxx.xxx” in its newspaper, and more. … Read more

In November’s issue of meryl.net newsletter, I included “Reasons why the English language is so hard to learn.” (I don’t remember where I got it from, otherwise, I’d happily add an attribution.) Weatherly wrote a Haiku-like thang (obviously it’s not a Haiku since it doesn’t use 5-7-5) a few years ago, sent it to me, … Read more

I’ve written many articles about writing for the Web and feel like there’s nothing new to say. What worked a few years ago still works today… chunking text, short paragraphs, bold headers for scanning, and so on. Then I read “Resurrect Your Writing, Redeem Your Soul” and can tell you this is a different article … Read more

While reviewing search engine results, I saw “copywriting music” and “copywriting songs.” Ahem. If these people found results with these terms, then the resource is not likely a reliable resource because that is not the right way to spell the word that means “granting exclusive rights” — that would be “copyrighting.” R-i-g-h-t vs. w-r-i-t-e. And … Read more

Some book reviewers say that when they don’t like a book, they simply don’t review it. I’d love to take the easy way out, but when I think about it from a reader’s perspective… I want to know when a book sucks. I recently had to give low ratings to a book. I posted it … Read more