Reading time: About 4 minutes Looking for some recommended books in time for summer reading? Here’s my semi-annual roundup of books I’ve read this year. I aim to read 52 books every 12 months, and my habit is to post a complete list of the names of them for you, twice […]
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Reading time: About 1 minute This is my weekly installment of “writing about writing,” in which I scan the world to find websites, books and articles to help other writers. Today I discuss a blog post about how to share more than the facts… Are you one of those writers
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Viewing time: 5 minutes and 5 seconds The Write Question is a weekly video podcast about writing that I started in 2017 and that ran, more or less weekly, until April 2022. This is a republication of issue #11, offering a self-publishing primer. The post first ran on March 30/17. Transcript:
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Reading time: About 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about some imagery from chef Marcus Samuelsson… I’m a pretty dedicated amateur chef and baker. And not only do I cook a mean streak, I also love reading
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Reading time: Less than 1 minute Increase your vocabulary and you’ll make your writing much more precise. That’s why I provide a word of the week. Today’s word: galumphing…. I’ve known since I was a teenager that the verb to galumph meant to move in a clumsy or noisy manner. When
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Reading time: Less than 3 minutes Do you suffer from holiday guilt? Not only is this unnecessary, it’s also a really bad idea. With inadequate breaks, you’ll see your productivity decline and your writing will worsen…. Do you postpone holidays? Or feel guilty about taking time off? The purpose of
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Reading time: About 1 minute This is my weekly installment of “writing about writing,” in which I scan the world to find websites, books and articles to help other writers. Today I discuss a blog post about creative rituals…. Do you have any creative rituals? For example, do you have
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Viewing time: 3 mins. 16 seconds The Write Question is a weekly video podcast about writing that I started in 2017 and that ran, more or less weekly, until April 2022. This is a republication of issue #10, about whether it makes sense to write in your first language, which first
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Reading time: About 2 mins. I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about similes and metaphors from John Banville…. John Banville is an Irish novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. He has won the 1976 James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the 2003 International
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Reading time: Less than 1 minute Increase your vocabulary and you’ll make your writing much more precise. That’s why I provide a word of the week. Today’s word: brume…. If you’d asked me to describe brume and I hadn’t seen the spelling, I’d have thought you were talking about the
