If articles are going to be used as a source of back links, i'll suggest to get em penned down by professional (a goodwill gesture) cuz hobbyist don't know about relevance and keyword density. Get few solid articles on pertinent topics and submit em to Ezine, Nice way to build up.
But if they are going to be published on homepage only then its okay but still English must be sound as Google is picky these days.
Hope you've tried dezmon!!!