While surfing through one of my favorite websites, Sharp Words, I came upon this really funny graph that nailed many of the most common grammatical errors that drive me up the wall:

more graph humor and song chart memes
One of my biggest pet peeves when it comes to writing is the incorrect use of “your” and “you’re”. I see this often in chatrooms and blogs, though I’m now jaded enough not to expect the best of prose online. If it’s just a momentary mental lapse then that’s fine. Everybody makes mistakes, …

One of the first projects I ever clinched online was rewriting. The client would hand me a grocery list of information, and I would have to rewrite everything into a single paragraph. My topic? Aromatherapy and hydrosols. It wasn’t difficult at all; in fact, I could finish one assignment in an hour. Sometimes, though, I get too comfortable (since each article would have to follow a specific format) and I have to think of new ways to reword things in a manner that’s still fresh …

…is that you have to meet them.
I’m sort of an over-achiever, as you may have noticed by now. I try to get as many things done as possible. The thing, though, is that sometimes, I multi-task too much and end up with egg on my face. Several times in the past, I took too many writing projects and tried to complete them all at the same time. I thought, of course, that I was some sort of superhero who could finish all the projects on time.
Unfortunately, …

If there’s one thing I truly, deeply abhor, it’s the incorrect use of prepositions.
There’s this girl in the company I work for — she’s really pretty, charming and (as far as I know) nice. The one problem I have with this near-stranger, though, is that she works as the administrative assistant and is in charge of writing and sending out company-wide memos. Often times, I feel like tearing out my hair in frustration upon reading her e-mails; they drive me crazy.
An example is in order, I suppose. …

I’ve always been secretly awed by fiction writers.
It’s not that I’ve never received my fair share of praise for my writing; more than a few people have commended me on my flair for the written word. It’s just that I’ve always believed that writing non-fiction is clinical — sort of a technical ability rather than a creative streak. Nearly any human being with enough smarts can put together an informative article. It won’t be perfect or excellent, but it’ll work somehow in some instances. When you …

Despite what other people may insist on telling you, it’s not very easy finding a writing opportunity online that actually pays. Some freelance writers may make it all sound like such a breeze, but trust me, it’s not.
My foray into online job hunting began two years ago, when my offline resources started to dry up a bit. I was looking for a real job in the physical world when I came upon a job posting that was looking for academic writers. At that time I thought it …

I was out sick over the weekend, hence the delay in posts. No worries, though, because here is a list of the past week’s top writing posts, brought to you by Plotdog.Com. Enjoy!
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Presenting the finest of the writer’s blogs by the bloggers who write them. Highlighting the top 5 posts as chosen by the June 6, 2008 WOOF Contest participants. Want in to join the next WOOF? Submit a link to your best writing post of the week using this form. Participants, repost the link list …

Oh well, you can’t keep a girl from trying.
It’s a little bit like gambling, this addiction to contests, only I don’t have to spend any of my hard-earned money. As I mentioned a while back, contests are the way to go if you want to generate a lot of feedback. As The Net Fool’s recent contest proved, you can really earn a lot of traffic, popularity and readers through prizes.
Lots and lots of prizes.
Now that everyone’s cooking up contests just to beat the competition, what’s a blogger to …

You might have noticed two prominent additions to this website this week.
First, I posted an entry on my inclusion in the W.O.O.F. Contest newsletter of sorts as hosted by Plotdog.Com. Unlike most contests you find in the blogosphere today, WOOF doesn’t actually promise you any of those grand prizes we’ve come to know (and love, of course). What it does, though, is that it allows writers to submit their best articles and creative writing projects for inclusion in a specific week’s newsletter (of sorts). Fellow writers vote …