Grammar/Language

Five Easy Ways I Polish My Writing

You May Be a Noob Writer If…

Dec 22, 2025 • Maryan Pelland Pen2Profit

Chiasmus—Linguistic Gymnastics to Muscle up Your Writing

Learn how to make words do a Triple Lutz or Double Salchow

Dec 1, 2025 • Maryan Pelland Pen2Profit

Red Flags in the Slush Pile

Short story traps you're still falling into (And How to Escape)

Aug 6, 2025 • Katerina Sutton

Coffee Talk: Useless but Satisfying Explorations of Noteworthy English Words

Word with the most definitions, longest, commonest, and so forth, in case you need an excuse to just sit and read for a few minutes

Jul 13, 2025 • Maryan Pelland Pen2Profit

The D-Day Bagpiper and the Secret to Great Writing

How history and amazingly great writing meet after 88 years--don't skip this one!

Jul 9, 2025 • Maryan Pelland Pen2Profit

Friday Shorts--Better to Rant and Rave or Tell a Story Full of Managed Emotion?

Humans all feel emotions, but great writers use them effectively

Jun 27, 2025 • Maryan Pelland Pen2Profit

Once You See This Amateur Mistake, You Can’t Unsee It

Writers should beware of doing this unintentionally

Jun 18, 2025 • Malky McEwan

Rules for Absolutely Spotting AI-Generated Writing for Sure

I promise you're going to be surprised

Jun 1, 2025 • Maryan Pelland Pen2Profit

The Art of the Simile: Elevating Your Writing to Excellent

How to paint vivid and scenes with figurative language

May 12, 2025 • Maryan Pelland Pen2Profit

Writing that Smacks of Bot: Is That You, HAL?

A field guide to AI writing tics before they take over—make sure your writing isn't packed with these affectations

Apr 23, 2025 • Maryan Pelland Pen2Profit

Grammar Snaps: Quick Tips, Big Impact from Grammar Girl

This FREE resource has helped millions of writers for two decades two decades

Mar 9, 2025 • Maryan Pelland Pen2Profit

Quoth the Writer: “What Is the Absolute Right Way to Use Quotation Marks?”

A primer — viewed from both sides of the big pond

Mar 3, 2025 • Maryan Pelland Pen2Profit

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