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 some research relating to 30 lost words…. I’ve written before about lost writing — how to cope when the words you have […]
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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 blog post about the words ‘but’ and ‘actually’…. I read a blog post this week about delivering better customer support
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 new book written by Paul Anthony Jones…. I’ve just identified the first book I want to put on my Christmas
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Reading time: Less than 1 minute Friendship is a gift but sometimes there’s a downside to Facebook friends… The recent terrorist attacks in Paris have raised a secondary issue relating to social media. Who are our “friends” and what do we expect of them? I’m not talking about countries here. Nor am I talking about political
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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 New York Times article on product naming written by Neal Gabler… That I read the article headlined “The Weird Science
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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 New York Times article written by Pamela Erens… When I read Pamela Erens’ article headlined “The Joys of Trimming,” in the
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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 writers. Today I discuss an amusing and educational post that appeared on the Bigstock Photo blog. As a Canadian, I live in a country that sees itself
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Word count: 300 words 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 writers. Today I discuss an article in the Huffington Post by Ella Frances Sanders….. My son learned the word schadenfreude (joy in
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Word count: 380 words Reading time: About 1.5 minutes A great way to improve your writing is to emulate the work of others. That’s why, every week, I present a sentence that I’d happily imitate. I write today about one produced by Matthew B Crawford. One of my readers (so sorry — I can’t remember
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Word count: 271 words Reading time: About 1 minute A great way to improve your writing skills is to emulate the work of others. That’s why, every week, I present a sentence that I’d happily imitate. Today’s comes from Herman Koch. The novel, The Dinner, by Herman Koch (pictured here) earns 3.5 stars on Amazon.
You have voids and then you have voids… Read More »
