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Supaproofread Facebook page

I just wanted to let everyone know that Supaproofread have setup a page on Facebook for people to join and become a fan of – Supaproofread’s Facebook page. I’m a big fan of social networks and bringing people closer together, and if you’re on our email list then chance are you have already received [...]

Supaproofread.com – huge changes ahead

Some of you may have noticed a few little changes around the Supaproofread.com site over the past few weeks. We’ve moved about the Academic centre to bring more focus towards essay and dissertation guides, as well as other resources that are helpful to students. Also, some extra articles and tips on writing have been added [...]

Happy St Patrick’s Day (or an excuse for a night out)

Well if you’re Irish or have any hint of green in you today is your day and I’m off to London to join in some Guinness style celebrations. That does not mean I have spent the day drinking green liquid with a shamrock on the head as I have been hard at work on a new [...]

Writer Required …. in Siberia

I was flicking through some listings and came across one which immediately caught my eye as I have been following Karl Bushby’s around the world trek in unbroken footsteps - his expedition is called The Goliath Expedition and is 36,000 miles on foot. The job I saw was for two writers to accompany an expedition to [...]

First Assignment … In Print

I’ve been fielding emails and telephone calls this week from the client that has appointed me onto their writers panel (see my posts on The Big Deal). If negotiations go to plan in Boston, where my principal currently is pitching the project, I have my first writing assignment which will result in being published offline in [...]

Squidoo Payday

I had a pleasant surprise this morning when I checked my email. I received a payment from Squidoo, a social media website that I have covered previously when looking at these sites. I had forgotten completely about the financial side of Squidoo which shares advertising revenues with those who publish “lenses” on the site. I use [...]

iSnare

iSnare When you are producing articles, getting them as widely distributed is a key element to gaining exposure for the piece and for yourself. Submitting articles to directories, forums, bulletin boards and other media outlets all helps but this can be time consuming and ineffective. A more effective means of getting your article and work out to a [...]

Using APA Referencing in Practice

Writing academic papers will require a referencing style; Michael has touched on the use of Chicago, MLA and APA in the past but in this post I’m going to explain and outline the APA referencing system. APA stands for the American Psychological Association and their referencing style is very common. I’ll cover off UK and US [...]

Spotlight on a Friend’s Work: Lynn Ford

Lynn is a recent acquaintance of mine and a refugee from the cold, wintery English weather so she has chosen to live in cold, wintery Austria instead. Lynn and I met after she read some of my personal writings and was kind enough to comment and since then we have been keeping tabs on how each [...]

Interviewing a Subject

It has struck me that having to interview a subject as part of an assignment is something that is not as straight forward as I thought. Interviewing someone for a job is not the same as interviewing a subject that you are then going to use to write up a piece, and in either case, interviewing is something [...]