Damning with Faint Praise

Damning with Faint Praise: Positive (Not!) Prose Are any of these phrases on your website? Do any of the feedbacks or testimonials on your site contain any of these phrases? Do you use any when describing your services, your products…yourself? Most of the...

Hello, Word Press???

Hey, before I’d comment on an SEO score, I’d make darn good and sure my sentences were correct! These are all run-on sentences, which is such a juvenile mistakes that it blows my mind. A friend of mine told me that the “sweet spot” for SEO...

Let's edit CNN! Its stuff is awful!

Wow, you’d think that with all the super smart people who work at CNN, you’d find correct copy. Don’t bet the house. Here are just a couple of things from just one article: 1) His campaign staffers set up a politically-active nonprofit… Gosh, I...

Edit THIS!

How many mistakes? I count three, which, in my opinion, is three too many for this published author. Attendance in our 12 week course gives you access to special pricing (up to 50% off) on noted live events. (Note: not all live events will hold the same discounts,...

The path to publication

The path to publication is generally fraught with pitfalls and perils. Wow, did I find that out when I was trying to get an article in Speaker magazine. I had pitched an article about how to create compelling copy in the summer, which was not due until the middle of...