Reading time: About 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about metaphors from Kate Atkinson…. An English writer of novels, plays and short stories, Kate Atkinson is best known for creating the Jackson Brodie series of detective novels, which […]
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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 a series of similes from Kent Haruf… Masterful American author Kent Haruf, who died in 2014, worked in a variety of places before he started writing. These
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Reading time: About 1 minute This is my weekly installment of “writing about writing,” in which I scan the world for material to help other writers. Today I discuss a suggestion for how to avoid writer’s block… One of the most successful composers and performers of all time, Paul McCartney is
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Reading time: About 4 minutes Does a five-minute workday sound ludicrous to you? It shouldn’t. Not if you want to establish a sustainable writing habit… Have you spent days, weeks, months, perhaps even years failing to find enough time to write? Perhaps failing to find any time to write? I
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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 similes and metaphors from the masterful writer Eleanor Catton…. The New Zealand novelist and screenwriter Eleanor Catton is a phenomenon. Born in Canada, Catton moved to New
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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 blog post about how to fact check your own writing…. When I worked in daily
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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: feculent…. I picked up the novel Finding Dorothy, by Elizabeth Letts, in a bookstore and read the first three pages. It engaged
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Reading time: Less than 3 minutes There are few jobs less glamourous than rebuilding your website. But sometimes the work just needs to be done… It was the hottest day of the year. I glanced at the thermometer in the room and saw that it read 86 degrees F (30
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I’m currently travelling and taking a break from blogging. I will be returning to my regularly scheduled posts on Jan. 30/18.
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I’m currently travelling and taking a break from blogging. I have scheduled my Tuesday posts in advance so please expect the next one Jan. 23/18. I’ll be resuming regular blogging on Jan. 30/18
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