Have you ever visited a website in a different language, only to discover content wasn’t translated correctly?
For example, one page has content written in two languages.
Labels in the navigation menu overlap each other. Text in form labels overlap their associated form fields.
Imagery on the site is English-focused and doesn’t align with the culture of the language.
You quickly realize the site wasn’t planned for different languages.
Continue reading Plan Ahead: Designing for Translation
What better way to improve your writing than learning from successful authors?
Especially when the tips are formatted in bite-sized lessons you can apply to your writing today?
In their 15 Writing Lessons from Successful Authors (and How to Apply Them) infographic, Ivory Research has compiled lessons from successful authors to help you improve your writing.
You’ll find advice from Nobel Prize author Toni Morrison, horror novelist Stephen King, fiction novelist Joyce Carole Oates, and other well-known authors.
I thought the lessons were excellent! Continue reading 15 Helpful Writing Lessons From Successful Authors [Infographic]
Imagine your excitement when you try out a new online platform that allows you to publish your writing easily.
Without needing to know how to code.
You publish posts and articles regularly, gaining a following for your writing.
A year goes by. Maybe five years.
And you’ve become expert at using the platform, publishing your writing, and interacting with your readers.
Only to wake up one morning to an email message announcing the platform is shutting down.
And there may or may not be a way to export your content.
Ouch.
That happened to me.
Twice. Continue reading Authory: Online Service to Backup and Share Your Writing