Writers can be a rather frumpy lot. We tend to hold on to things we believe are “correct” or “appropriate”, in the same way that the Grammar Nazi believe modernizing the Queen’s language is sacrilege. We hold on to things that we learned from our teachers, mentors, literary idols. We tend to find solace in age old practices, thinking that we can never go wrong as long as we stay true to these time-tested adages.
Unfortunately, that’s not quite true. Here are some myths we might have …

If memory serves, I did my first interview for an article at age fourteen.
Young, I know. More importantly, I had no idea what I was doing. Back then, I thought the word “interview” meant asking the subject a few questions and you’re done. I had no clue, therefore, that there was actually a science to conducting an interview.
I realized I sucked big time when I got home and started to piece the answers together. While trying to reconstruct the subject’s answers, I found out that I …

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Producing content is not quite as easy as it sounds.
A lot of blog/website owners would like to cash in on the booming blogosphere, but they find it difficult to constantly write unique posts that’ll keep readers coming. Even the best of writers can’t always come up with interesting articles (we have our bad days, too, you know) and sometimes, keeping the blog alive becomes more of a chore than a passion.
More importantly, not all writers can write keyword-rich articles — the not-so-secret key to internet success. SEO …

Speaking of memes, here’s one that’s traveled quite a bit. More than a few bloggers have listed their names below, so I’m jumping in, too! I got tagged by PinayMommy, so now I’m tagging Kat and Baboyita/Chorva. Anyone else who wants to join is welcome, too. Just follow the instructions below:
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You know those weird, nagging questionnaires that bloggers answer, post and pass around? The thing has a name.
“Meme”.
A brief consultation with my best friend, Wikipedia, reveals that a meme (pronounced “mim”), “consists of any unit of cultural information, such as a practice or idea, that gets transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another.”
Though it doesn’t exactly define meme as an “annoying viral questionnaire or quiz”, there are some points in this definition that suit the blog meme. First of all, the blog meme is …

So yes, I wasn’t exactly tagged, but I want to do this anyway. Now, the question: what is love? I can’t come up with a better answer than this song, which sums up all that I think love is.
“Love”
John Lennon
Love is real , real is love
Love is feeling , feeling love
Love is wanting to be loved
Love is touch, touch is love
Love is reaching, reaching love
Love is asking to be loved
Love is you
You and me
Love is knowing
we can be
Love is free, free is love
Love is living, living love
Love is …

Just a few months back, I had no idea what Entrecard was, let alone heard of it. I had just started pro-blogging and was as green as could be. In fact, I didn’t even want to sign up with Entrecard, simply because I thought it was some sort of nonsense site that spent its time gathering email addresses it could then sell to the online black market.
Obviously, I was wrong.
Now I’m a happy member, gleefully racking up credits through occasional dropping. I’m still not one of those …

Guess what. I wrote this yesterday, but I’m publishing it today.
I know it sounds stupid, but it’s something completely different and short of miraculous for someone like me. I’m almost always sick, as nearly everyone knows by now. Last week it was hyperacidity. This week — I don’t even want to explain. Anyway, stress over my day job and my freelance projects has led to quite a few days of unavoidable bed rest. That means I can’t even reach my Macbook. I have …

As much as I love Jim of The Net Fool, I saw one of his recent blog articles and had a seizure.
Not literally, though, and I’m still perfectly fine.
Anyway, I’m an e-mail subscriber of Jim’s moneymaking blog, so I automatically get updates when he has new posts. Last week, unfortunately, the title of his latest post sent me into a grammar fit. Here, in full, is his post’s title: “Question and Answer Session with the Net Fool: Win a Free Prize!”
Tell me you see what’s wrong.
I’ll understand if …