Editor & main contributor: Terry Freedman. Published in the UK. ISSN 1474-6816
The purpose of this website is to enable me to share ideas about writing, including reviews of books and even films that may have a bearing on the craft of writing. My credentials, in case you’re wondering, are that I’ve been having articles and books published since 1990.
The style is plain and simple, and all the more powerful for that.
Quite by chance I’ve been reading about bureaucracy recently — such as in customer (dis)service — and it reminded me of North Thames Gas’s attempts to drive me mad. That was many years ago and North Thames Gas doesn’t even exist any more, but even now the mere mention of a gas company starts my nervous twitch going.
This is a transcript of a conversation between Fred Terryman and myself. It’s been lightly edited, with the pauses taken out for ease of reading.
Most of my reviews are very positive, and I frequently conclude by recommending the book in question despite my criticisms. However, I do think it’s important to be honest about a book’s or an exhibition’s downsides. I also like to open a review, where possible, with a personal, perhaps humorous, observation.
The book includes the obituary writer who can hardly wait for his subjects to drop dead so that he can at last see his work in print.
Once again I am presenting you with two very slightly different reviews of the same book. The first is the review I sent in to the editor of Teach Secondary magazine. The second is what was actually published.
If it is such an effort to deny that you’ve done anything wrong, then you must be guilty. Otherwise, it would be easy.
The real history of news is not about a chronology of technological inventions.
The stand-out aspect of this collection for me is the way it has been organised into categories, a brave choice I think.
These stories really provide a short glimpse into a culture of which I am almost completely ignorant.
If you have a product that requires a manual, and you wish to write it in-house, I would suggest the following…
I have temporaily removed the automatic paywall on my Eclecticism site, thereby freeing up 557 pieces for you to read should you so desire.
Can creative writing be automated (without using A|).
