Reading time: Less than 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 CBC blog post about whether algorithms help writing… When listening to one of my regular podcasts, the one for the […]
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Viewing time: 4 mins 17 secs The Write Question is a weekly video podcast all about writing. Today’s question? How do you deal with fear of failure? If you have a question you’d like me to answer you can email me, tweet me @pubcoach, or leave a message for me at the Skype account, The
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Reading time: Less than 1 minute I write today about some figurative language from noted Canadian writer, and two-time winner of the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour, Terry Fallis…. I discovered writer Terry Fallis (pictured above) in 2009, shortly after he had won his first Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour for his very funny novel
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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: skeevy…. I choose today’s word, skeevy, not because I didn’t know what it meant but because I wanted to take the chance to explore its etymology. I
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Reading time: Less than 1 minute I post every Tuesday with my thoughts about writing. But, today, I’m asking you to tell me what’s on YOUR mind. I’m working to plan future articles and resources, and I would love to know the following: What’s one of the writing challenges you’re struggling with the most? Just
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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 helpful blog post about writing interruptions… I take it for granted that I’m going to face regular interruptions as a writer.
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Viewing time: 4 mins 11 secs The Write Question is a weekly video podcast all about writing. Today’s question? How you can get the most help from beta readers? If you have a question you’d like me to answer you can email me, tweet me @pubcoach, or leave a message for me at the Skype
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Reading time: Less than 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of similes from Celeste Ng…. I was gobsmacked by the first novel, Everything I Never Told You written by Celeste Ng. The story of a Chinese American family living
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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: fulminating…. When I read the novel Where’d You Go, Bernadette, by Maria Semple, I didn’t expect to find my word of the week. I was grateful enough
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Reading time: Just over 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 typographical manual that can be found on Project Gutenberg… I learned to type on a typesetting machine. My parents owned
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