Muskblog: Making the Internet better since 1995

I’m back in Vancouver at least temporarily and because my new roommate has basically no furniture mine finally comes out of storage. If you own as many books, CDs, DVDs and VHSs as me you need to assemble a lot of Ikea furniture in your life…

I’ve given and collected a lot of advice on how to improve your writing particularly online. That advice is spread over a number of different posts some of which get read, others go unheeded. While updating one of these old posts today I decided to collect the best of the best tips and links together in one single post…

I’m currently reading “Rework” by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, the founders of 37signals. I haven’t quite finished the book but the following excerpt seemed relevant to my posts of late and my current predicament…

The other day I once again tried to pass on what is truly important if you want to have longterm success writing online. Whether you blog or not, whether you use Facebook or Twitter or some other niche social network, certain fundamental truths hold…

I’ve been self publishing content online since 1995, maintaining this domain since 2001, and even blogging since 2005. I’ve seen a lot of stuff come and go…

The other morning while lying in bed I recalled one of the themes I’ve returned to over and over in my blogging, I’ve tried to pass on advice, experience, wisdom, techniques, even the essence of quality writing. After years of verbal diarrhea here at Muskblog and a couple university degrees I’ve written more than my share and in many different formats. And upon reflection I determined that the two most important qualities to strive for in your writing are timeliness and timelessness…

Ten brief tips to improve your writing.