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Good reads for Sept. 28: Punctuation pet peeves, and more

In honor of National Punctuation Day, my top 4 punctuation pet peeves; plus good reads from Amy Wallace, and more.

10 things J.K. Rowling taught me about writing

As the Harry Potter author’s first novel for adults, The Casual Vacancy, debuts today, it’s a good time to revisit what writers can learn from her writing style.

Transcript of Sept. 26 #wclw chat on building your blog’s readership & traffic

Complete transcript of today’s WordCount Last Wednesday chat with online marketing expert Russ Henneberry on how to boost your blog’s followers and traffic.

Reminder: #wclw chat today @ 10 am PDT on building your blog

In today’s WordCount Last Wednesday chat, we’re hear how a few simple SEO and design tricks can boost your blog’s followers and traffic.

Top 20 online news highlights from #ONA12 conference

Trends, tools and techniques curated from the country’s biggest gathering of online media practitioners, held Sept. 21-22, 2012, in San Francisco.

Sept. 26 #wclw chat: online marketing expert Russ Henneberry on building your blog

In this month’s WordCount Last Wednesday chat, we’re hear how making some simple changes can boost your blog’s followers and traffic.

Good reads for writers: #ONA12, NY Times’ Frugal Traveler, quitting blogging, and more

Best reads for writers from around the web this week, including where all the hip journalists are hanging out this weekend, how Seth Kugel got his travel writing gig, and why one momma blogger is calling it quits.

Pictorama app lets writers sell their smartphone photos

The iPhone and iPad app that’s a combination of Instagram and Etsy lets people sell their own pictures on an online stock photo marketplace.

How writers can use Evernote to get organized, be more productive

In this guest post, writer Elizabeth Joss explains how to use this popular productivity software, including helpful features such as tags, views and Web Clipper.