by Alicia Rother | May 13, 2020 | Blog, Uncategorized
Plagiarism is nothing new but quick access to seemingly endless information online and the ability to copy-and-paste with ease has made this criminal practice more common. Whether it’s accidental or intentional doesn’t matter — content theft is illegal and no one is...
by sclwritingpros | Jun 14, 2018 | Blog
I recently accepted a blog assignment that was basically the equivalent of writing about the art of watching paint dry. One could argue that watching paint dry isn’t an art at all, it doesn’t even qualify for Reddit’s “Of Course That’s a Thing” because it’s not a...
by sclwritingpros | May 29, 2018 | Blog
When I recently got this mysterious text, my brain immediately went to a chili contest I entered (and lost) with my husband sponsored by the 4H Club. I impulsively answered the text with a chili pepper, because I’ve always wanted to use the chili pepper emoji. In my...
by sclwritingpros | May 2, 2018 | Blog
If you’re stuck for a blog topic or article pitch, there’s an amazing resource you’ve probably never heard of, or if you have, you’re likely underutilizing it: Reddit. For the uninitiated, Reddit is a social platform where users submit links, photos or videos or write...
by sclwritingpros | Apr 3, 2018 | Blog
The writers that attend a MeetUp I lead in Manhattan vary by age, genre and approach, and aside from a few regulars, is a revolving door of creative word junkies. No matter what we do at our day jobs (some write, some don’t), all of us devour books and regularly pour...
by sclwritingpros | Mar 23, 2018 | Blog
Writing can be such an exhausting, terrifying experience that even some of our most famous authors have bared their tortured souls, as evidenced in Jory Mackay’s blog “Dear Writing, I Hate You: Lessons From 7 Authors Who Hated Their Job.” He cleverly uses the likes of...
