Green lifestyles and ethical consumption have become increasingly popular strategies in moving toward environmentally-friendly societies and combating global poverty. Where previously environmentalists […]

May: National Get Caught Reading Month. Wherever you go, the campaign challenges you to get caught reading.

May 1: National Mother Goose Day. This day honors Mother Goose, the imaginary author of a collection […]

Molto Grande

Author: Dick Franklin

Plagues have taken the lives of many people of Little Ariccia, Italy, including the lives of six of the nine people in the Giordano family. Shortly thereafter, the […]

Member Benefit #29

Anyone working in today’s publishing industry is in a double bind. Not only is an editor expected to hit deadlines and produce compelling work, but they also have to be up to speed on i […]

We wanted to get to know Laura Pennington Briggs (NAIWE’s Business of Writing Expert) better, so last month we sat down with her. Here are some thoughts she shared with us.

How is a freelancing business […]

Writing about scientific findings and data? You may not be coming through so strongly, according to a new report. But before you worry about your writing, consider the source of the insights: It’s from a c […]

Indexing is a form of writing—probably the only form of writing in which the goal is to get the reader out of your creation as soon as possible. A criterion of the American Society for Indexing’s (ASI’s) annua […]

A Passion To Teach: Fifty-Eight Years of Humorous, Weird, and Engaging Tales is mostly a series of stories about the author’s desire to be a teacher, working his way through college with terrible […]

April: English Language Month. A month-long celebration of the uniqueness of the English language and all the learners working hard to master it.
April: National Poetry Month. Spend time this month writing, […]

Whether you are a hobbyist or a full-time writer/editor, Hart’s Write Faster With Your Word Processor will help you work more efficiently while enduring far less headache. This text covers all of the bases from b […]

Member Benefit #28

Confusing and sloppy writing damages your company’s credibility and frustrates your customers. Grammarly helps you write clear messages every time.

NAIWE members receive over a $75 s […]

The power of a written word may begin with the beauty of the color that word illuminates. Do you find a powerhouse of colors in one word?

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During Words Matter Week, we […]

How can you look at words differently to project their power?

Prepare for the Writing Challenge

During Words Matter Week, we host a writing challenge. Each day we will post a question on our blog and […]

A farmer on a horse looks at the Tungurahua volcano eruption on December 10, 2010, in Banos, Cordillera, central Ecuador. (Photo by Kseniya Ragozina)[/caption]

As a freelance copy editor, I follow the […]

The power of a word can move us emotionally as well as physically. Describe a situation where this happened.

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During Words Matter Week, we host a writing challenge. […]

What is another word for “power” that produces the same magnitude? Please explain.

Prepare for the Writing Challenge

During Words Matter Week, we host a writing challenge. Each day we will post a […]

Describe the energy behind what brings out the power in words.

Prepare for the Writing Challenge

During Words Matter Week, we host a writing challenge. Each day we will post a question on our blog and […]

Words Matter Week, which is in its 14th year, is a holiday that is celebrated annually the first full week in March by the National Association of Independent Writers and Editors.

Words are the basis for […]

As writers, we naturally write the way we write naturally. But readers can’t hear the cadence of the words playing out in our heads as our fingers fly across the keys. Readers’ minds merely decipher the little bla […]

That’s what one of my students asked me a couple week ago.

“It can’t make you much money,” she said. “Not for the amount of time and work you put in over the three months.”

She’s right; it doesn’t. I sp […]