News & views
I wrote this article in 2020. Having read it again, I still agree with the views I expressed then. In fact, I’d go further. When anyone who has achieved the benefits potentially offered by X tells you that you don’t need X, I think a huge dollop of cynicism is in order.
Read MoreOulipo techniques are great for dispelling writer’s block, and generating new works.
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London Book Fair, by Terry Freedman
These are the sessions that especially appeal to me
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London Book Fair, by Terry Freedman
The London Book Fair is back again this year, in Olympia. As usual there are loads of seminars and even more stands. And if you’re an author, there is even more reason to attend.
Read MoreShould we rewrite the classics? My view is: Yes, kind of, but not in the way you might think.
Read MoreMy corrections policy wasn’t easy to find so I’ve created a dedicated page for it.
Read MoreIf, like me, you write a lot, or you have a blog or a newsletter that features guest writers, you might like this free spreadsheet.
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my reading plan, by Terry Freedman
You may have noticed that I read a lot. I’ve outlined my reading plans for 2023…
Read MoreI’ve been experimenting with using ChatGPT to write course outlines, and for one of the courses I compared the result with the outlines I had already written (and taught to). The results were interesting.
Read MoreI thought I would test ChatGPT’s mettle in a rather self-interested way. I write a lot of book reviews — a lot. I have three books I need to review for an education magazine by 21st January, plus two books I need to review for other websites soonish, and I have to write a review of an exhibition for a different education magazine by next week <gulp>.
Therefore I have two (competing) concerns.
Read MoreA couple of days ago I attended the launch of a new report into writers’ earnings in the UK. The quick summary is…
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mail, by Terry Freedman
Have you read any works written in the form of letters? Or have you written anything like that yourself? I've been interested in that genre for a long time, so I was delighted when, a few weeks ago, a course came up at the City Lit institute looking at epistolary fiction.
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Someone suffering from FOMO, by Terry Freedman
If blogging was a person I can imagine it saying, like James Cagney, "I ain't dead yet!"
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Me reflecting on stuff. Photo by Elaine Freedman
I write about literature, life in general, odd things that have happened, the odd bit of fiction, experimental writing.
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Juice, by Terry Freedman
In the next issue of my creative nonfiction newsletter for writers, I’ll be covering book writing, translating and the corporate mindset, as well as reviewing seven books for writers.
Read MoreThe next time you’re offered the opportunity to write for a periodical that doesn’t pay as much as you’d like, don’t just dismiss it out of hand.
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books to be reviewed by Terry Freedman
So many authors think they ought to be the recipient of the Nobel prize for literature.
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Read MoreI should have thought that part of the purpose of a book review is to tell potential readers whether the book is actually any good or not.
Read MoreEvery so often I read a blog post or a ‘commentary’ on Twitter by some self-appointed guru or other saying that blogging is passé.
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