One of the first things I look for when reviewing a non-fiction book is whether or not it contains an index. If it does, the next thing I check is whether the index is actually useful.
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Yeah, I run a business. So what?
I pitched an article to a newspaper that, it turns out, pays less if the article has been written by someone who runs their own business. Why?
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Gilray and plum pie
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My Gilray and plum pie day.
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A slow motion rejection
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Just in case I might get too complacent, a malignant Fate decreed that an article I’ve spent hours on has been rejected — by the person who commissioned it.
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Cancel culture, McCarthy-style
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These days of “cancelling” people whose views one doesn’t agree with is nothing new. In recent times (the 1950s) this went on at a semi-official level.
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Question mark, by Terry Freedman
My writing warm-up exercise
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In her book Discoverability, Kristine Kathryn Rusch cites the acronym penned by Scott William Carter: WIBBOW.
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Bookcase, by Terry Freedman
Second-hand ebooks? (Updated)
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I love second-hand bookshops. Whenever I go on holiday, one of the first things I do is go to the nearest Tourism Information outlet and get a list of the local used bookshops.
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Eclecticism
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My public writing tends to be mostly about education technology, and the craft of nonfiction writing. My interests are more varied than that brief description would suggest, but to avoid muddying the waters I either attempt to skew an article so that it fits into one of those categories, or not publish it at all. But that has now changed….
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The London Book Fair 2022
The London Book Fair is back this year, and as usual there's a lot on that writers will find useful. The show this year is semi-hybrid….
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Blogger, by Terry Freedman
The trials and tribulations of blogging as a SWOT analysis (Updated)
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To blog or not to blog? That is the question. Here’;s a SWOT analysis to help you decide.
Read MoreThe hard sell (Updated)
It's always difficult to get the balance right between hard sell and soft sell. Joe Coleman's website allows you to choose your own level of (dis)comfort!
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Remembering Paul Jennings, a great British humorist
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As a frequenter of Golders Green in years gone by I sometimes had occasion to use the Gents in the station. My friends and I, with the silliness of youth, always used to chortle at a sign there.
Read MoreCan your face be used for copyright protection?
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The idea is that if an article is ripped off, it’s much easier to prove that it was originally published by you if your face is embedded in it.
Read MoreA computational approach to Eng Lit
I often wonder if the most arduous part of the work of the people who write this sort of tripe is to ensure they don’t use the same words more than once for the same editor.
Read MoreA glimpse into cancel culture
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As far as I know, I’ve never been cancelled. I’ve been attacked online, had my reputation smeared, but not actually cancelled.
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How you could help Ukraine
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The following is a list of 29 ways in which you might be able to help the Ukrainian situation. My aim was to collate a list of ways that ordinary people could contribute, even if only in a small way.
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The OTHER World Book Day
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Why are there two World Book Days?
Read MoreIn case this website disappears...
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I am experiencing domain issues.
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Is satire dead?
It seems to me that for satire to work it has to walk a fine line between being so close to reality that it’s not funny, and so far-fetched that it’s not credible.
Read MoreA 10% discount, Ulysses, book burning, libraries
Coming up in Terry Freedman’s Books Bulletin…
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