Category Archives: Arts & Culture
Antique Coins – An Introduction
Antique coins and coin collecting has become a hugely popular pastime. Antique coin collecting is available to many collectors regardless of budget, and another featured attraction is that it is easier to identify the piece itself. This is largely due [...]
17th Century English Antique Furniture
Antique furniture from the 17th century features more specialised furniture than with previous styles. Levels of craftsmanship were increased as refugees from France fled to London bringing with them skills such as marquetry, cabinet-making, metalworking and the weaving of silk. [...]
Collecting Military Antiques
Collecting military antiques, or militaria, usually refers to the collecting of antique uniforms, medals head-dresses, antique firearms and related materials. Military antiques have become very popular, and even though arms, uniforms and weaponry can be expensive, other military antiques are [...]
An Introduction to Antique Guns
One of the most fascinating areas of antique collecting is antique guns and firearms. Antique guns are probably the most popular of all antique weapons and feature fine examples of craftsmanship. Being and antique or a collectible usually means that [...]
How to Make Money Writing
When people think of ways to make money writing, they usually start with the idea of a novel or, perhaps, a published collection of poetry. These are valid ways to make money writing but they are not the only way. [...]
Developing a Writing Routine
Developing a writing routine is a very powerful step to becoming a better writer. Over time, a repeated routine sets up expectations within the writer so that creativity and flow is almost expected; this helps reduce writers block and moments [...]
The Power of Article Titles
Your article title is the most important thing you can ever write, if you get it right then you will have many clicks through the search engines and social media; however, get it wrong and no matter how good the [...]
Rewriting Old Articles
Rewriting old articles is a nice habit to get into, for as we see these old articles we can get a sense of how our writing has changed over time. It is also interesting to see how subject matter may [...]
Finding Writing Inspiration
As a writer, one lives on inspiration and creativity. Whether you are a poet, a novelist, a freelance journalist or any other type of writer, you need and live off inspiration. Writer's block is often that moment when the inspiration [...]
Developing Writing Diversity
As a writer, finding your niche is a key moment in your writing career, for a writing niche makes you focused and helps to develop your own unique style of writing. However, diversity in your writing is a valuable skill, [...]
