I admit it. For a long time, figuring out rates and providing quotes was a weak area for me. It took time, practice, and hard lessons to arrive at the point where I can confidently and calmly provide a quote. Before, I’d be figuratively biting my nails as I submitted my quotes and second guessing [...]
Jakob Nielsen’s Blah-Blah Text makes an important point that web site visitors want to cut to the chase. They don’t want to waste time with a welcome message or any of that. We writers have learned that we need to have an opening, body, and conclusion. But we also know that writing for the web breaks [...]
Gulp. I don’t know whether to be honored or afraid. For those not into NCAA basketball or love March Madness… here’s March Madness for writing blogs. Get the details on how Writing March Writing Blog Madness works. I admit it. I’m competitive. Playing sports while growing up does that to you. Plus, when you have a [...]
Yuwanda Black wrote a two part (scroll down in both links) article sharing her 19 years of experience as a freelance writer. She shares wonderful insight that I’ve discovered in the past few years. Here is her list with my comments on some items: Staying abreast of technology is crucial: Lucky this [...]
Clients :: Testimonials Count on high quality content that gets better results. Get a No Obligation Quote Now — Click Here or read on for more details. Writing and editing services include: newsletters articles web site content press releases blogging help manuals white papers company, service, and product naming copy e-mail campaigns and responders …and more Meryl has a diverse writing, editing, company and product naming, research, and copyediting [...]
Bio Social Media Links Media and Releases In the News and around the Web In Books News Releases About meryl.net, the Web site Not So Vital Info Meryl K. Evans, Content Maven, is the author of Brilliant Outlook Pocketbook and the co-author of Adapting to Web Standards: CSS and Ajax for Big Sites. She has written and edited for AbsoluteWrite, ECT News Network, [...]
When wanna-be writers ask me about writing and how to become a writer, the first place I send them to is AbsoluteWrite (AW). AW’s ISP took down the site with only one hour’s notice. Writers and fans everywhere couldn’t access the forums or any of its information. All because of one woman who took her [...]