A recent conversation I had with a cab company has left me completely baffled.
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The lighter side
The scream, by Terry Freedman With apologies to Munch
Turn of phrase
Overheard snippets of conversation should be stored away for when required.
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A zombie in London, by Terry Freedman. The “zombibe” pictured is James, from the Hel’s Angels agency.
World Zombie Day
You never know who you’re going to meet in London. Yesterday, I saw a zombie walking around the Microsoft Decoded conference.
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Proof of time travel by Terry Freedman
Photoprompt #18: Time travel is a reality!
I took a photo of this blue plaque in London today: note the year!
Read MoreHow to rework your old articles from print-outs
If you’re anything like me, you keep stacks of clippings. But if you own the copyright to the articles, and you want to update them , how can you do so? The good news is that you don't need to retype them. In this article I explain how to convert them into text for word processing.
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Discombobulated, by Terry Freedman
Bad titles
Should there be courses on badly-written books and articles?
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Draconian measures. Photo by Terry Freedman
PhotoPrompt #11: Draconian measures
An unfortunate omission?
Read MoreThe writer's day: a graphical representation
As far as I can gather, the pie chart in this article summarises every writer’s dilemma.
Read MoreHow to type upside down
˙llɐ suᴉɐldxǝ ǝlɔᴉʇɹɐ sᴉɥ┴ ¿oʇ ʇuɐʍ noʎ plnoʍ ʎɥʍ puɐ -- ɹǝʇndɯoɔ ɐ uo uʍop ǝpᴉsdn ǝdʎʇ noʎ uɐɔ ʍoH
Photo credit: Photo by Jordan Heath on Unsplash
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Photo by Davide Goldin on Unsplash
The Poseidon Predicament
What Kafka’s Poseidon and I — and probably every other freelance — have in common.
Read MoreAvoiding all-encompassing words
You cannot assume that every reader will know what words like 'etc' will refer to or included.
Read MoreReview of Baking with Kafka, by Tom Gauld
Baking with Kaka is a great book, especially if you're a writer and an avid reader.
Read MoreBread and books: Karma Bread, Hampstead, London
Where to have coffee and buy books in Hampstead, London.
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The default screen on Joe Coleman's site.
The hard sell
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!
Read MoreDecisions, decisions. What to read?
I am not sure what to read next, so I've decided to fall back on a motto I've just coined: "When in doubt, leave nothing out"! What are you reading this summer?
Read MoreThe place where I like to write
The café I like to write in is full of books and magazines, which not only creates a fine bibliographic atmosphere but also encourages me when my self-doubt starts winning. There is a slight problem though...
Read MoreThe Writing Machine (Patent Pending)
How to win the Booker Prize
Ever wondered how to win the Booker Prize? Well, thanks to the Slow Journalism company’s data-crunching, the secret is revealed. Hint: it helps if you are a 50 year-old man working on his fourth novel, apparently!
Here’s the data.
Christmas Greetings!
Willow and his family would like to wish all our readers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Typewriter art
Remember typewriters? One of the things I used to try and do was to make pictures by typing the letter “X” over and over again in all the right places. For example, one of the images it was possible to create in this way was a Christmas tree. OK, so it wasn’t the most exciting thing in the world, but at least it kept me off the streets.