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.
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Listening to a podcast, by Terry Freedman
Review of Grammarly -- Updated version
Read about a great proofreading tool.
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Dreyer’s English: click the pic to be taken to the book on Amazon (affiliate link).
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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Writing: making your mark, screenshot by Terry Freedman
Review of Writing: Making Your Mark (Exhibition)
If you’re in London, you might be interested in this exhibition on the history of writing, at the British Library. Here are my views on it.
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Book review: Brainstorm
What’s a book about epilepsy doing on a writing-related website? Read on and find out.
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Why they can’t write. Click the pic to be taken to Amazon UK (This is an Amazon affiliate link)
Why students can't write
Why is students’ writing so awful, generally speaking, that employers complain about it? John Warner has some interesting ideas about why this might be the case.
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Collins Complete Writing Guide
Book review: Collins Complete Writing Guide
Should this book be in the reference section of your bookshelf, or is too lighthearted? Here’s my verdict.
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My writing desk, by Terry Freedman
Review of WordCounter
Here’s my evaluation of WordCounter which, erm, counts words — plus a whole bunch of other stuff.
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Books, by Terry Freedman
Another kind of book review
I’ve added another kind of book review to my previous list of five.
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I recently did a creative writing course. Here are my reflections on it.
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Frazzled, by Terry Freedman
Review of the American Gothic course at the City Lit
Why has doing a course on American fiction been so enjoyable, and useful to me as a non-fiction writer?
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10 note-taking apps for writers
How can you remember all those ideas you have or snippets of conversation you hear while out and about? These ten note-taking approaches should help.
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How to make money as a freelance writer
Book Review: How to make money as a freelance writer
Freelance writers’ earnings tend to be very low for most people. However, this book provides suggestions on how to make decent money in this field.
Read MoreBeing inspired by art
What’s a book of paintings got to do with the writing process?
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Tom Watson and Giles Watling, MPs, speaking at the Awards. Photo by Terry Freedman
The 2018 Educational Writers' Awards
Congratulations to all the shortlisted authors and their books! There were some great-looking books on display. Here is some information about the winning entry, and a couple of the others.
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What I'm reading: Dictator Literature
So you think you've read some atrocious writing in your life? Well, you ain't seen nothing yet.
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What I've been reading: Something nasty in the slush pile (updated)
How should you pitch a publisher with your book proposal? Or, to look at this another way, how should you not do so? This book answers that question.
Read MoreWhat I'm reading: Why we Sleep
A well-written and, frankly, frightening book about the benefits we get from sleep. frightening? Yes, because of the costs we pay when we skimp on (good quality) sleep.
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New books bulletin launched
Read on for news about my new books-related newsletter. Reviews of books and bookshops, new book announcements, writerly tips, and news about my own works.
Read MoreWhat I've been reading: Waterhouse on newspaper style
This book may be thirty years old, but its advice is still pertinent. If you want to have a blitz or crackdown against, or shake-up of, bad writing (all examples of 'tabloidese'), then this is the book for you.
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