If you run a multi author blog, you must also have an author information box beneath or at the top of posts, telling the reader about the author, right?

An often-used feature on WordPress blogs is the ability to style comments made by the post's author differently from the others - helping replies to stand out. Here, we will edit the default WordPress to add some subtle styling to author comments.

One of the most challenging things about being a freelance writer is that there isn’t really a well-defined career path laid out for you.

One of the constant struggles of freelance writing is finding work, and gigs in the print world (and, increasingly, online) require writers to pitch their stories to editors. As a freelance writer, your pitch is your greeting card, your foot in the door, and, hopefully, your meal ticket. Because editors don’t usually have time to review full articles, those queries will likely affect the bottom line more than your writing itself.

You’ve possibly read countless times that businesses with an online presence can benefit from having a blog. Of course, freelancing is a business, and a blog is likewise valuable to you, regardless of what you freelance in. Here are some reasons having a niche-focused blog can help your business. The tips are geared towards freelance writers, but much of what’s here can be applied for other types of freelance work.

This week we have a great interview with one of the fifty most influential female bloggers according to NorthxEast. She is the CEO of Duoh! n.v. and author of Veerle's blog where she talks about her experience in the design industry and covers a variety of topics related to graphic design.

Last week we talked about changing your world, and about how it’s so important to freelance with integrity. Today, I want to explore that idea a little further and talk about one of the most challenging situations freelance writers can face.

Currently, the School of Visual Arts in New York is offering the MFA Designer As Author Podcast Series for download, including The Paul Rand Lecture Series in which Steven Heller lectures on design history.

It is almost impossible to not realise that the method and process of designing has grown in importance over the last few years. We all want to know the ‘story’ about a design and how it came to be etc.

I love stories: love telling them and reading them. To me, they are part of the design, part of the product BUT there is an interesting flip-side to this coin and Jessica Helfand (editor and author of the blog Design Observer) made me realise it and notice it.