The greatest debate among tattoo havers is whether your ink needs to mean anything or not. Personally, I don’t think it does, so long as you like the design and can live with it for the rest of your life. However, that doesn’t mean you can’t get a tattoo for something that’s important to you. …
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Author of fantasy series ‘The Glacian Trilogy’ shows what it’s like in real time to write the heartbreaking end to a beloved character
«The thought never occurred to me that it’s hard for the authors too….»
Inept Recruiter Rejects Technical Writer With 8 Years of Experience For Being ‘Too Inexperienced’
Applying for jobs is tough; every entry-level position wants 3-5 years of experience, which makes the distinction of «entry-level» an oxymoron. Most career coaches will tell you to apply for jobs you’re inexperienced in anyways because, usually, the people writing the job ads set the bar higher than they need to in order to draw …
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15+ Wild Typos That Truly Boggle the Mind
Literacy isn’t an easy skill to have, especially when it comes to the English language. Even the accomplished writer can get confused with all the dumb rules that it seems to have. At the same time, many of us nowadays use text as one of our primary forms of communication. When most of us have …
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Writer Memes For Procrastinating Authors Struggling With Writer’s Block
I’m a writer who doesn’t procrastinate…mostly. When I have a work or school deadline, I cannot procrastinate. The words need to get onto the page one way or another. It doesn’t matter if the words are brilliant or foolish; they’re getting written either way. That’s all well and good for writing when the alternative is …
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Cringey Posts About Books and Reading That Give Bibliophiles a Bad Name
As someone with a lifelong love of books and words, I maintain that almost anybody who self-defines as a ‘reader’ is usually a deeply annoying person. More often than not, they have a weird fixation with making introversion a defining personality trait, and they probably get into the dumbest arguments on Twitter. Oh, and don’t …
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Clueless Recruiter Rejects Technical Writer With 8 Years of Experience For Being «Too Inexperienced»
Applying for jobs is tough; every entry-level position wants 3-5 years of experience, which makes the distinction of «entry-level» an oxymoron. Most career coaches will tell you to apply for jobs you’re inexperienced in anyways because, usually, the people writing the job ads set the bar higher than they need to in order to draw …
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Hilarious Spelling Fails That Highlight the Power of Proofreading
It’s easy to write something and never go back to edit it. After all, there are only so many hours in a day to get things done, and in many jobs, if you throw something onto the page, often nobody will clock your errors. No matter your job, it’s usually a good idea to know …
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Writer Memes For Procrastinating Authors Dealing With Writer’s Block
I’m a writer who doesn’t procrastinate…mostly. When I have a work or school deadline, I cannot procrastinate. The words need to get onto the page one way or another. It doesn’t matter if the words are brilliant or foolish; they’re getting written either way. That’s all well and good for writing when the alternative is …
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People Debate the Dubious Usefulness of Cover Letters
It takes a very specific breed of person to enjoy the process of a job search, and by this I mean somebody who is either a complete psychopath, or has an automatic leg up thanks to all of their dad’s rich and powerful friends (better still, maybe they are part of both categories!). The action …
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