Editor & main contributor: Terry Freedman. Published in the UK. ISSN 1474-6816
Greetings!
The purpose of this website is to enable me to share ideas about writing, including reviews of books and even films that may have a bearing on the craft of writing. My credentials, in case you’re wondering, are that I’ve been having articles and books published since 1990.
Here are the latest articles on the site:
The book includes the obituary writer who can hardly wait for his subjects to drop dead so that he can at last see his work in print.
Once again I am presenting you with two very slightly different reviews of the same book. The first is the review I sent in to the editor of Teach Secondary magazine. The second is what was actually published.
If it is such an effort to deny that you’ve done anything wrong, then you must be guilty. Otherwise, it would be easy.
The real history of news is not about a chronology of technological inventions.
The stand-out aspect of this collection for me is the way it has been organised into categories, a brave choice I think.
These stories really provide a short glimpse into a culture of which I am almost completely ignorant.
If you have a product that requires a manual, and you wish to write it in-house, I would suggest the following…
I have temporaily removed the automatic paywall on my Eclecticism site, thereby freeing up 557 pieces for you to read should you so desire.
Can creative writing be automated (without using A|).
How many ways can you organise a library?
Have you ever thought about all the jobs you’ve had, whether paid for or as a volunteer?
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. This post explains how to create an index in MS Word.
An article I wrote for a client is characterised by 24 pieces of data. More correctly: metadata. So what?