I won the People's Media Award for Best of AC- Text

I still can not believe that I won. It was like a miracle. The submission that I won was on Oklahoma City Mother Recounts the death of her Son. Please go and check it out. Leave a comment and let me know that you think of my writing.

The article was about the death of my son and what happened the day that he died. I am still trying to pull myself together after all that our family has been through.

If you would like to get started with writing for money, you can check out Writing for The Web and then sign up for Associated Content. This is not a referral link but a link to an article that might help you out. I appreciate comments and ratings on the articles.

I publish a lot of useful articles and if you would like to check them out, just click on the subscribe button on my profile page in AC. This will notify you each time that I have an article. You will be able to see the name of the article in your email so if you like it, take a look and if not, just delete the email. It's that simple.

For winning this award, I received $1000. Not bad for doing what I love. AC gives away prizes each year to the top AC producers on their site and they pay three times a week and give out a performance bonus that helps you to make even more money.

So, go check out the articles and sign up with them to start writing for money. After all, we all know that this is why you came to this blog in the first place. at 5:27 PM 0 comments Links to this post    

$1000 in a month

I took on a challenge to try to get $1,000 by writing for one site to see if I could do it. I have done this once before and want to show that I can do it again. Besides, I need the money right now. Between the kids and school, this is going to be a tough challenge.

I started this challenge on January 1st and plan to complete it on February 15. Okay, this is a little over a month but for good reason. I figure that with all the family stuff that i have going on and school, I deserve to have a couple of extra weeks.

So far the challenge has started off slowly and I need to catch up with my writing. I do plan on taking on more writing work in the future but for now, I will be doing this. I have been using Associated Content and you can read more about this company by going to the category field and clicking on writing for money.

At the end of the challenge, I will be posting up my payment proof so that everyone can see it. $1000 in a month, I think I can do it. Wish me luck. at 3:31 PM 0 comments Links to this post    

8 Proofreading Tips and Techniques that work

I recently came across an article called 8 Proofreading Tips and Techniques, this article was different from your average tips on proofreading article, it was something to inspire a lot of people to get back into the action of writing and making it work for you and your readers.

The tips and techniques included things like; concentration and how important it is to put everything else on hold while you are doing this and how to even do this to begin with, putting your work on paper because you read it differently than what you do when you read it on screen, getting someone else to proofread was a very handy tip and I don't know how many times I have read something and then someone else read it and find more mistakes than what I had, and much more.

This article is one that you don't want to pass up and it will help you to proofread your material for mistakes that are commonly missed.

If you would like to scope out the article and see what else it has to offer and how you can make yourself a better writer by using these, please check out this article here 8 Proofread Tips and Techniques by Daily WRiting Tips at 1:40 PM 0 comments Links to this post    

104 Powerful verbs and why you should use them

I recently listened to a guy speaking about the use of verbs in your writing and how they would actually make your writing come alive and speak to the readers. Verbs are a great way to write an article or anything else. Another thing that you should pay attention to when writing an article is to ask the who, what, when, why, where, and how. These are important part of writing and will help you to outline everything and may even speed up your writing. So, here you go, here are the 104 Verbs that could help you. All you have to do is replace a few words with these to create a more dramatic effect in your writing.

Abolish
Accelerate
Achieve
Act
Adopt
Align
Anticipate
Apply
Assess
Avoid
Boost
Break
Bridge
Build
Burn
Capture
Change
Choose
Clarify
Clobber
Confront
Connect
Conquer
Convert
Create
Decide
Define
Defuse
Deliver
Deploy
Design
Develop
Diagnose
Discover
Drive
Eliminate
Ensure
Establish
Evaluate
Exploit
Explore
Filter
Finalize
Find
Focus
Foresee
Gain
Gather
Generate
Grasp
Identify
Ignite
Implement
Improve
Increase
Innovate
Inspire
Intensify
Lead
Learn
Leverage
Manage
Master
Maximize
Measure
Mobilize
Motivate
Overcome
Penetrate
Persuade
Plan
Position
Prepare
Prevent
Profit
Raise
Reconsider
Reduce
Refresh
Replace
Resist
Respond
Retain
Save
Scan
Shatter
Shave-off
Sidestep
Simplify
Slash
Solve
Stimulate
Stop
Stretch
Succeed
Supplement
Take
Transfer
Transform
Understand
Unleash
Unravel
Use
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What is clear and simple writing

Writing for the web is a little different than writing out in the real world. There is a huge problem with sites that contain a lot of information but can cause information over load. If you don't know what this is please follow me while I explain it to you.

Sometimes websites have a lot of great information in them but can cause you to go blind by the time that you finish reading it or will cause you to scan over the information which could lead to you missing out on valuable information especially if you are a new writer or a writer who is wanting to improve their writing skills.

As a writer, I am always looking for new information and the Internet is the perfect place for me to freshen up on my writing skills. I hate it when I reach a website that is hard to understand or when I try to read an aritcle that makes it to complex for me to read.

Keep it short and simple. I say this often because you have only a few seconds before the reader looses interest in what they are reading. Try to catch their attention as quickly as possible with an opening line and keep their attention in the first paragraph.

Think grade school when writing articles for the web. There is no need for big words that places like Google.com may not pick up on. Writing is such hard work when you try to use $2 words that no one really understands in the first place. Keep this in mind when you write your next article or publish another post on your blog and see how many people will stay to finish it without jumping to the next site. at 8:24 PM 0 comments Links to this post