Even more than this being Trent’s source of income (and ignoring the fact that these errors say a lot about his lack of concern for his “customers”) Trent, no doubt, wants to improve as a writer. Without constructive criticisms from his readers, how is he to improve? By writing more and making the same mistakes over and over again? (And you’d think that someone whose passion is writing, they’d put more effort into it. Maybe it’s time he cut down to one article a day, and focus on tightening his writing.)

Sure, this is a “free” blog, and we don’t have to come here if we don’t want, but in all honesty, that argument is getting tired. We are Trent’s customers. It is our visits that earn him a living, and therefore I believe he has a responsibility to provide us with content that is on par with what he’d provide to a paying client.

this is NOT a blog. this is trent’s income stream and career. i think (in my opinion) that a business similiar to his should be held in a higher standard of grammar, spelling, and fact checking/reporting. if it’s “just a blog” who would give a crap about such incidentals as correct sentence structure, repetition of words, and most importantly, truthful information?

read #4 riki–i agree with that poster that one has to be careful about comments or else the “trent” diehards will hang you out to dry.

As to grammar and spelling errors, as annoying as they are, “let he who is without sin cast the first stone.” The thing that drives me crazy in my own writing, is that some of the rules have changed since I went to school and not always for the better.

I can say y’all have made me feel very self-conscious about posting right now! But we here Texans have a hankering to communicate with you Yankees, anyhows.

I’m sure he’s well aware of the fact that most of his posts have at least one if not more grammar/spelling mistakes.

“Each week, I highlight ten things each week”…

( i stand corrected. my bad. in my earlier post i was addressing #3 of trent’s inspirations. he did not delete. sorry, i was wrong. when i first read his post i thought it was part of the opening narrative. my fervent apologies.)

If Trent reads the comments why hasn’t he addressed Kristine’s concern about selling copyrighted images?

Also, lol @ Vivianne!

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It is ironic when artists steal and profit from an artist he admires. Read any professional artist mag: theft is a huge problem, forcing many talented artists to take cubicle jobs. Artists with a respect for his peers will use his talent to create his own vision, not coattail via theft off another artist, or pay for that privilege. Sorry- but this really burns my buns!

This literally takes money out of the pocket of the artist who created the characters in the first place- not the best homage. It is out and out theft, and unambiguous. It does not matter that he is a small shop. It does not matter that he is unlikely to be prosecuted. He should create his own characters, and not profit from someone else’s artwork, without permission or royalty.

Once image recognition is up to full speed, image pirating web merchants will be easy to catch. The days of easy licensing theft are numbered.

And because I’m looking for some sort of comment on how Trent feels about the “hard working” Kim K’s divorce.

It’s every other writing convention that’s a complete mess. I try to mind my tongue for fear of being overly harsh but, quite frankly, the writing on this site is very poor in quality and accuracy. The beauty of blogs is that anybody can call themselves a professional writer (and earn their living from writing) without possessing a superior grasp of written language. But is this professional-quality writing? Nope, not even close.

The question is — does Trent do it purposefully to drive page views? Because it’s certainly not the content that keeps me coming back on a regular basis.