Writers & Readers

As a blogger, I don’t think there’s anything more frustrating than pouring your heart and soul into a blog post, hitting "publish", and then… nothing? Just crickets. You check Google…

You may have heard that Google and other search engines favour new content and feel like your old content has lost relevance.  If you’re thinking, you couldn’t be more wrong,…

Being a self-published author isn’t an easy route. While it comes with its own perks like control, flexibility, and freedom, you have to be ready to put in the work.…

If you’ve been using Pinterest only to get ideas for your vision board when you’re an author, you’re using the platform wrong. What you should be doing instead is to…

Recently, an aspiring content writer reached out to me on LinkedIn to review her work. Going through it, I was able to identify some mistakes and communicate them to her.…

First of all, it’s not your fault that you struggle to write conversationally. With all the essays we wrote in school - primary to tertiary - requiring anything but conversational,…

Let me tell you a story.  Many years ago, I was an amateur blogger who had heard about how blogging can be lucrative before I started. Unfortunately, that wasn't my…

As someone who has published a novel and another on the works, I will be the first to tell you that it is not the easiest process.  Although traditional publishing…

Before I started writing professionally, I had a friend who encouraged me to get serious with writing when I was job seeking.  She was my classmate in secondary school and…

Freelance writing is a great way to make money as a writer. Unfortunately, the market is quite saturated, and so it may take time to build a customer base.  One…