One confusing set of homonyms involves to, too, and two. A clearer understanding can prevent numerous little editing errors and allow your readers to understand your ideas better. TO To offers writers two uses, as follows: To as a preposition: To is one of the most often used prepositions to introduce a prepositional phrase, which…
Like many writers, I’ve sometimes asked myself this question: what’s the right length for a novel? I know lots of rough guidance, such as 60,000 actual words as a minimum, 80,000 for an average adult novel, and anything over 100,000 is a bit long and expensive for publishers to produce. There is also the obvious…
Grammar fascists are a bore it’s true. But bad grammar makes you look foolish. That’s fine if you’re 17, but if you’re writing and publishing a blog, e-book, or anything else for that matter, basic good grammar will create a much better impression. One of the most common mistakes I see on the web is…
If you’re selling your own products on the web or promoting affiliate products, then you need to produce compelling sales copy. Ideally, you would hire a professional copywriter to do this for you. But what if you can’t afford one, and simply have to produce your own sales page? How hard is it? Not too…