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#Writing While there is no common definition of great, all great books have the common feature of lacking content that isn’t great. Great writing does not contain “un-great” stuff. The Internet is full of tips to improve your writing. Do this. Do that. Add this. Add that. Brainstorm this. Flesh out that. Adopt this structure. The list goes on and on and is full of wonderful and sound pieces of proven literary advice. There is so much advice and knowledge accumulated over the ages, yet no one seems to fully agree on what makes great writing. It is more that we just know it when we read it. And many cannot agree on that either  –  think of all the rejection letters great writers have gotten from publishers. Think about the fact that we all have different favorite books. Some are perennially popular and historically important as evidenced by how they converge within “Top Books” lists. Whether it is Meyer’s Twilight saga or Dante’s Inferno , some books just stand out head and s

#Gist When a police officer in Liuzhou City, China, found himself in a heated argument with a street vendor resisting arrest, the last thing he expected was to get kissed on the lips by the offender.                                               The culprit kissing the Officer The man in question, identified only by his surname Huang, was allegedly illegally operating a roadside food stall, when the police turned up after receiving a tip-off to arrest him, CCTV News said . The pair soon got into a verbal argument, but instead of throwing punches, Huang planted a kiss on the officer's mouth. His actions infuriated the officer so much that the confrontation turned violent with a bunch of officers attacking the man.   Also read kiss of life: A woman bitten on lips by snake   People believed to be associated to Huang, immediately came to his rescue, throwing stools and bowls at the officers. The situation turned into a full-on brawl, and Huang was later subdue

#Lifestyle   Throughout the world, women are noted to have endowed with long hair. Though some women’s hairs are short, while others are long but there are others that are so long that they break the record and wrote their names in the Guinness book of record. Read post: Longest nose on living-person.   Long hair is a hairstyle where the hair is allowed to grow to considerable length. Exactly what constitutes long hair can change from culture to culture, or even within cultures. For example, a woman with chin-length hair in some cultures may be said to have short hair, while a man with the same length of hair in some of the same cultures would be said to have long hair. The world's longest documented hair belongs to Xie Qiuping     Xie Qiuping from China has been growing her hair since 1973 from the age of 13. She now holds the record for the longest female hair with a length of 5.627 metres (18 feet 5.54 inches) when last measured. That's nearly as

#Copywriting Last week I posted a blog with titled “ Why B2B Copywriters Are in High Demand” in which Steve Slaunwhite explained while granted an interview . For the benefit of those of you, who are into copywriting, I felt I should share Mr. Slaunwhite’s experience with you about his B2B writing career. Read post: Why B2B Copywriters are in high demand Steve Slaunwhite is the recognized master of Business-to-Business (B2B) copywriting and a marvelous teacher. But Steve's more than just a master B2B copywriter/trainer. He's a multifaceted person with many interests. Steve loves cycling. He told me he loves to point his bike in an interesting direction and just go – for two or three days. This summer he plans on cycling around Lake Ontario. That's a 620-mile jaunt! Steve also classifies himself as a serious movie fan. As a young man, the Norman Jewison School of Film accepted him to study. But he decided not to go in favour of what he describes as the "safe

#writer's Life Recently, a Business-to-Business Master Copywriter, Steve Slaunwhite was interview ed. He bares his mind on what is exactly Business-to-Business copywriting and why many companies are hunting for these guys -good copywriters. In today’s post, I’m going to dwell on copywriting as a career and why an increasing demand for copywriters nowadays? Steve Slaunwhite What does all this mean to copywriters? It means that if you focus on copywriting markets where the demand is high, then you have a decent chance of success. After all, the business is there. You just have to find a way to get it! So where can you find that big demand? In my opinion, you'll find it among Business-to-Business (B2B) companies. In fact, the demand for good copywriting and content for B2B companies is exploding. Just last week, a marketing director of a start-up software company was reported to say that, "If a really good B2B copywriter knocked on my door, I'd want to hi

#blogTraffic Hey there, Last week, I shared with you the best tips for writing an effective blog post based on my personal experience. Like I said before, it’s not that easy for someone to write a post that people including your readers will read it, comment on it, or even share it on other social media. Read the post here Best tips for writing excellent blog.   For people to drop by and read your blog post often, it means that it is either you are a good writer/blogger or your contents are very rich. This, of course, will attract readers to your bog. Then and only then, you will experience traffic in your blog. In my own case, I’m not a very good writer but then I learnt a lot what could be done to get traffic and I took a great deal of time to practice on them. The result is awesome.   Do crickets chirp on your blog?   I mean, do you publish posts on your blog and then nothing follows but absolute silence? You know- no comment, no shares and not even many r

#Humanity Again, another case of sexual abused by a father has been reported in the Police Station. One wonders what kind of punishment should be melted out to these culprits, in order to prevent this crime or to permanently deter them from perpetrating this evil in our society. KEB gathered that Police in Lagos have arrested a 47-year-old man, Femi Kolajolu, for allegedly raping and impregnating his 15-year-old niece (names withheld). He had also attempted to rape his daughter last November. It was reported that Femi had allegedly been raping his niece since 2013 and instructed her not to inform anyone, including her mother. Meanwhile, Lagos State Domestic Violence and Sexual Response Team, DVSRT, Coordinator, Mrs. Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, said the state government had demanded for the duplicate of the case file to commence prosecution. According to Vangard, Femi, who had been detained at the FESTAC Police Division, however, denied the allegations. Her story The niece,