Writing, Copywriting and Blogging

This page is about writing in the sense of more-or-less professional writing of substantial amounts of text. So it is not concerned with language doubts (like when to use ‘it’s’ or ‘its’ or whether a singular collective noun can take a plural verb form – try the Language Stuff page if that’s what you’re interested in), or advertising copywriting, which is a subworld all of its own. These are my favourite writing and copywriting feeds, plus a couple for those looking for writing gigs:

Blogslot » Mark Your Dictionaries

Tuesday 20 July 14:34:00 CDT 2010

"Tank" is now the official, not-at-all-slangy term for "fall." (In a related development, "rise" has become "spike.") [Link]

Copyblogger<title /> » The 7 Secrets of Running a Wildly Popular Blog

Tuesday 20 July 8:47:53 CDT 2010

Did you ever wonder why some blogs attract tons of readers and others don’t? Of course you’ve wondered. We all have. Because if you’re reading this blog, you almost certainly have a blog of your own. You think it’s great, and you want lots of other people to think it’s great too. So what’s the answer? Why do some blogs … [Link]

John Gordon Ross

A Man for All Reasons