Should You Jump Into the Bandwagon?

I know that title is so vague but “bandwagon” is what comes to mind whenever I hear of a sensational piece of news and then see everyone in the blogosphere writing about it. Take this example. I have a friend online who is always hard at work trying to increase the traffic to her personal […]

Transparency in Writing

Transparency is such an overused term – and why not? It means so much and yet not everyone practices it. Merriam-Webster defines transparency as “the state of being free from pretense or deceit.” Interesting, huh? What has this got to do with writing blog entries? A lot! Think about it, when you write for your […]

Some Thoughts on Writing

I have this penchant for searching the Web for quotes and thoughts on different ideas. Today, as I was thinking about what to write for my blog entry, I came across the idea of looking for quotes on writing. Here is a couple of my favorite ones – with side comments, of course. Writing is […]

Writing and Blogging (Part 2)

So there I was thinking about the possible differences between writing and blogging and whether or not bloggers are a breed apart from writers…Until now, it is still a bit ambiguous to me. All I have to hold on to are the insights that I came across in my search for an answer to my […]

Writing and Blogging

We have to face it – not everyone who writes and maintains blogs is a writer. That does not mean, however, that only writers can come up with good blog posts. Although good blog posts do involve good writing, non-writers do not have to despair that they can never come up with a good blog […]

Complement Your Writing With Visuals

A picture paints a thousand words – and so the cliché goes. Yet no matter how clichéd that line is, it still hold true today. Think about it, go beyond blogs even. When you attend a lecture or a seminar, which presentation keeps you awake longer – one which shows mostly text and numbers or […]