Useful websites
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.
Read MoreAttention 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 can be a useful alternative to Google.
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Photo from lucasbieri. Licence: CCO
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 MoreShe 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.
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The Raygor reading level graph
What is readable by a particular age group today may not be readable by that same age group tomorrow.
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My Writing Filing Cabinets, by Terry Freedman
There are some interesting blogs listed here, including several I hadn’t heard of.
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Writing plan, by Terry Freedman
Here is a list of writing competitions.
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San Diego, by Terry Freedman
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.
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podcast-ai Screenshot, by Terry Freedman
A Chrome extension called Podcast.ai enables you to convert browser tabs to podcasts. Sometimes.
Read MoreA search engine I wrote about in 2010 still works, and is still useful.
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Tired out, by Terry Freedman
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 MoreWhen it comes to proofreading, we tend to hear what we expect to hear. Why? And what can we do about it?
Read MoreWhen does not writing count as writing?
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Screenshot by Terry Freedman
Do you have a child you’d like to encourage to write? This writing prompt website may be of interest.
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Books, by Terry Freedman
Reading like a writer is a different way of reading. There’s a great series on the subject from Electric Literature.
Read MoreIf you can’t remember the name of a book you wish to read, fret not. Here are some ideas for finding it. UPDATED!
Read MoreAn 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.
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Aching feet, by Terry Freedman
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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