Shannon Christman started keeping a journal when she was seven years old and wrote in it daily for more than eighteen years. Her early interest in writing led her to earn a master's degree in journalism with a professional writing concentration, and she has since gained more than ten years of professional experience in writing and copy editing. Her portfolio includes blog posts, newspaper and magazine articles, advertisements, catalog descriptions, non-profit organizations' newsletters, brochures, grant proposals, and a chapter in a book.
Number of Articles Written: 105
Number of Usage Licenses Sold: 64
Number of Unique Licenses Sold: 2
Number of Full Rights Licenses Sold: 5
This 397-word article briefly covers the topic of subject-verb agreement for regular English verbs and nouns. It includes several example sentences of correct and incorrect usage. The intended audience is ESL / EFL learners who have already studied parts of speech.
Words: 397 Downloads: 0 Category: Education By: Shannon ChristmanErle Stanley Gardner´s Perry Mason novels, popular during his lifetime, have fallen into obscurity in recent decades. Though the television show remains in popular memory, few fans have enjoyed the original novels, and some are surprised to learn that Perry Mason was originally a character in books. This 373-word article (re)introduces readers to these classic legal mysteries, which provide glimpses into the various decades of the twentieth century and are still capable of entertaining today´s readers.
Words: 373 Downloads: 0 Category: Books & Reading By: Shannon ChristmanThis 776-word article recommends seven books that aren´t specifically about personal finance but can teach readers lessons about money. The books include well known and not-so-well-known titles from the biography, business, self-help, social science, and fiction sections of the library or bookstore. Readers are encouraged to apply the books´ secondary lessons about money to their own personal finances.
Words: 776 Downloads: 0 Category: Personal Finance By: Shannon ChristmanMany people wanting to improve their financial condition will focus only on increasing their income. This 749-word article offers six reasons why readers should focus on spending less money in addition to trying to earn more when they want to increase savings.
Words: 749 Downloads: 0 Category: Personal Finance By: Shannon ChristmanReducing the amount you drive saves you money and help the environment. This article offers eight changes, both big and small, you can make to get into the habit of driving less. Suggestions are suitable for readers who live in neighborhoods with low walkability.
Words: 620 Downloads: 0 Category: Lifestyles By: Shannon ChristmanSome experts tell us to hire help for household jobs if we can do so for less money than we earn. Such an argument has several flaws. This article points out a few of those flaws and offers five criteria (in addition to personal salaries) to use when deciding whetehr or not to hire someone to do a job.
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