Believe it or not, this photo was taken in the summer!
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Southwold Beach Huts, by Terry Freedman
Mind your language (2): A strange sign
Perhaps I shouldn’t take things so literally…
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Lymm Dam, by Terry Freedman
PhotoPrompt #15: Lymm Dam
What does this picture inspire you to write?
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Writers reference books, by Terry Freedman
Mind your language (1)
Words are being used in ways which are completely wrong – in fact, in some cases the meaning is the exact opposite of the way the word is being used, like when the word "choose" means you have no choice at all.
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Panic, by Terry Freedman
The writer's dilemma: writer's block
It’s very interesting writing for an American audience. Every so often I get taken to task for using ‘learnt’ instead of ‘learned’ or ‘different from’ rather than ‘different than’. That crack by Oscar Wilde about the British and the Americans having everything in common except, of course, language is almost true!
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Blogger, by Terry Freedman
Blogging taster course
One of the daftest pieces of advice I was given, by a so-called marketing expert, was to not bother with maintain my own blog: too much hassle. Write on other people’s blogs instead.
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Empty bench and table, by Terry Freedman
The power of the one-sided conversation
How about forgetting all that “She said…”, “He said…” stuff? There is real power in a piece of prose or poetry where you can “hear” only one side of the conversation.
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Slippery surface, by Terry Freedman
Maintenance work warning
I’m going to be transferring the domain name of the Writers’ Know-how website to another hosting company, so there may be a short loss of service.
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Listening to a podcast, by Terry Freedman
What I've been listening with: Lindy BNX-60 Bluetooth headphones
Recently, I’ve been writing about my experiences of listening to documents on the Kindle Fire. The headphones I’ve been using for this purpose is the Lindy BNX-60 pair. Here’s what I think of them.
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Further thoughts on listening to documents on the Kindle Fire
I found listening to documents on the Kindle Fire very useful on the whole, so today I extended the practice by listening to a document while driving. Here’s what I found.
Read MoreListening to documents on the Kindle Fire UPDATED
The Kindle Fire has a text-to-speech facility. I’ve been using it to listen to a book in the form of a pdf document. Here’s my evaluation of it.
Read MoreReview of Grammarly -- Updated version
Read about a great proofreading tool.
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Harmonicas, by Terry Freedman
Photoprompt #14: Harmonicas
Can the little one be played?
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Frustration, by Terry Freedman
How to fix a phantom paper jam
What can you do if your printer tells you there’s a paper jam even though there isn’t? Try this solution.
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Cine camera by Terry Freedman
How my writing career was nearly finished before it even began
What was it a teacher said that in effect caused me to stop writing for years? And what have I learnt from it?
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Books unseen: My Name is Why
A few notes about a forthcoming memoir with a difference.
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What I've been reading: Dreyer's English
A no-nonsense style guide that manages to be both humorous and readable too.
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Editing Alt text in Mailerlite, by Terry Freedman
4 things to do when using your own illustrations on your blog
Using your own drawings and photos? Make sure you protect your intellectual property as best you can.
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Reference books, by Terry Freedman
Two cheers for Jacob Rees-Mogg's Style Guide
Should we all start using words incorrectly just because some people are either too lazy or ill-informed to use them properly?
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My Portfoilio by Terry Freedman
7 reasons to use your own illustrations in articles
Using your own illustrations — photographs or drawings — can be both lucrative and satisfying. Here are 7 reasons for doing so.
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