News of a new version of this original post featuring websites where you can find high quality pictures that are free to use on your own website or blog. I’ve listed more than 25 resources.
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It's World Book Day!
Attention teachers! World Book Day is with us again today, March 3rd, when it is celebrating its 25th birthday! Here are some activities and resources to make it a day to remember.
Read MoreThe Carrot2 Search Engine Revisited
The Carrot2 search engine can be a useful alternative to Google.
Read MoreForeword, Preface or Introduction? (Updated)
I was faced with a conundrum: should I write a Preface to the 3rd Edition, a Foreword to the 3rd Edition, or just stuff it all into the Introduction and be done with it?
Read MoreA randomly created short story
She walked over to the window and reflected on her deprived surroundings. She had always loved urban Truro with its plain, pong parks. It was a place that encouraged her tendency to feel worried.
Read MoreThe Professional Writer: Make your text readable
What is readable by a particular age group today may not be readable by that same age group tomorrow.
Read MoreThe 100 best websites for writers in 2021
There are some interesting blogs listed here, including several I hadn’t heard of.
Read MoreWriting competitions
Here is a list of writing competitions.
Read MoreFinding books based on place
When you choose your next book to read, what criteria do you use? Until recently, I thought in terms of whether I fancied a fiction or nonfiction book, and then which genre or subject. However, having recently done a course called The European City in Contemporary Literature, I remembered that I had completely forgotten about reading books on the basis of location.
Read MoreTurn Chrome browser tabs into podcasts
A Chrome extension called Podcast.ai enables you to convert browser tabs to podcasts. Sometimes.
Read MoreOn this day #6: A useful search engine
A search engine I wrote about in 2010 still works, and is still useful.
Read MoreRenaming several files at the same time
If the thought of renaming lots of files individually is exhausting, how can you rename several files simultaneously on either a Mac or a PC?
Read MoreProofreading (by someone else) is essential
When it comes to proofreading, we tend to hear what we expect to hear. Why? And what can we do about it?
Read MoreHow to not write without feeling guilty
When does not writing count as writing?
Read MoreWriting prompts for kids
Do you have a child you’d like to encourage to write? This writing prompt website may be of interest.
Read MoreRead like a writer
Reading like a writer is a different way of reading. There’s a great series on the subject from Electric Literature.
Read MoreWhat An Insulting Site! (Update)
Finding a book when you can't remember its name
If you can’t remember the name of a book you wish to read, fret not. Here are some ideas for finding it. UPDATED!
Read MoreCovid19: who ya gonna trust?
An Australian news channel has hit upon an astonishingly original idea: a podcast about coronavirus featuring people who have some idea of what they’re talking about.
Read MoreAn unexpected benefit of everything closing
Some ideas about what to do if you’re stuck at home because of Covid-19-related advice regarding social contact.
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