Fact: Puns Are the Worst. Don’t Put Puns in Your Content.
This may be a controversial statement, but I hate puns. I don’t know what there is to like about these cheesy, exaggerated and corny...
The 35 Most Overused Phrases in Content Marketing According to Dear Megan
Dear Megan is tired. Not, “It’s 4 a.m., why are there naked people playing Canasta in my living room” tired (but I’ve been there); more...
Content Creation Tips, Hacks and Tricks From the Executive Editor of SEJ
As a content creator, it’s easy to get stuck in a rut. We get set on a certain content process, type, platform or theme, and before you...
3 Ways to Drive Any Self-Respecting Editor Crazy
Most days, I love my job. I get to work with words all day in the dynamic, ever-changing field of content marketing. I edit a diverse...
Don’t Leave It Dangling: A Guide to Modifiers
Greetings, Gentle Readers! This week’s not-made-up-by-me question comes to us from Sara in Phoenix. Sara writes: Oh, sweet Sara, is there...
Before You Press Publish: A Blog Editor’s Checklist
Whether you’re writing for your own blog or managing a brand blog for a large organization, you need to make every post count. Millions...
5 Simple Ways to Instantly Improve Your Writing
Dear Megan, I want to be a better writer in 2015. What would you suggest to get things started? And have you made any New Year’s...
Dear Megan Rages Against the Exclamation Point (and Rightly So!)
This week’s question comes to us from one of my kids, who will remain nameless because neither wants to appear in a dorky grammar blog...
Grammar (Please) Don’t: Very Unique
this lady? Her name is Anna-Maria Hefele, and she has trained her vocal chords to produce two notes at once, a talent known as polyphonic...
Comma Splices and Cliches: Don’t Even (Seriously, for My Sanity)
I really like your column. You seem like a smart girl. I friend requested you on Facebook, but you haven’t accepted yet. You must be busy...
The Oxford Comma: Heave it or Leave it? (Prepare for Verbal Fisticuffs)
OK people, take a deep breath. Inhale, exhale. Today we’re tackling a pretty serious style issue*: the Oxford comma. Whoa, Dear Megan,...
Dear Megan: Passive (Boo Hiss) Versus Active (Hooray) Voice
Are you a professional freelance writer looking to hone your craft? Do you want editors to swoon over your work (and offer you more)?...












