The Carrot2 search engine can be a useful alternative to Google.
Read MoreThe following conversation really happened. No wonder my hair has started turning grey.
Read MoreFar from being late all the time, I am ridiculously early. We all know that there’s nothing worse than a convert (just try smoking within a mile of where I’m sitting if you’re not convinced of the veracity of this statement).
Read MoreI am experiencing domain issues.
Read MoreIf you have forgotten what bad writing looks like, read on…
Read MoreOn 29 January 2022 I published a PhotoPrompt featuring a keep out sign.
Read MoreI was astonished at how she was able to carry on a conversation which, at first, seemed perfectly normal and sensible.
Read MoreA couple of years ago I was experimenting with writing articles of exactly 100 words. This was one I wrote about detective stories.
Read MoreIt 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 MoreComing up in Terry Freedman’s Books Bulletin…
Read MoreDid Samuel Pepys, for example, carry a quill and an inkwell around with him?
Read MoreWhat is the 'correct' style for a blog post? Indeed, is there a correct style?
Read MoreI attended an authors’ conference a few years ago, and I have never been in a room with so many egos.
Read MoreWhat ultimately matters to the freelance writer, of course, is how many commissions you’re offered.
Read MoreWe writers have a duty to do what we can to preserve the dignity of the language in which we work.
Read MoreIt is also worth bearing in mind that some of the best nonfiction writers, notably Gay Talese, make copious use of the fiction writer's tools.
Read MoreAn especially useful idea is the ladder of abstraction, which is equivalent, in cinematic terminology, to the level of detail in a scene, from close-up to long shot.
Read MoreThis book has two indexes, one computer-generated, the other compiled by an indexer, so you can compare the two.
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People say “It’s all a matter of context”. But I think that it’s when you take ideas, styles or objects out of context, or juxtapose them with apparently incongruent other ideas, styles or objects , that things start to look interesting and exciting.
