My old man used to tell me there is no such thing as a free lunch. Well I sure showed him when I literally won a free turkey lunch in elementary school. Even the contest was free, so it didn’t cost me anything to enter. Although not as free as a turkey lunch, for a…
Read moreGhostwriters
Ghostwriting is evil. Now that I’ve shared my obvious bias, let me try my best to give you my impartial views on ghostwriting. Ghostwriter Defined by Son of Sappho A writer who writes anything for remuneration (usually money) without receiving the official credit for it. This means that you do the work, sell it to…
Read moreOttawa Writing
Writing can be difficult for any particular market. Today, I’ll use Ottawa as an example. There are a few newspapers, but with today’s world of syndication, it can be difficult to get on staff anywhere. There are a ton of technical writing jobs, although many of them require field experience. There are also the less…
Read moreChanging #careers when you have a wife and kids is like juggling flaming swords while on a high wire . . . one wrong move . . .
It was another day at the office today, as cliche as that sounds. I’m having difficulty just finding volunteer writing jobs. I do have some writing experience, and I graduated from university with an English degree, yet I’m somehow still working in a web development job, even though I never studied it. I’m even a…
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