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I feel a bit like the first person in Khalil Gibran’s story of The Gravedigger. It’s taken me years and years, but I am finally getting rid of boxes and boxes of my clippings, ie the articles I’ve had published.
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Blogger, by Terry Freedman
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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Slippery surface, by Terry Freedman
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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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.
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Cine camera by Terry Freedman
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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Reference books, by Terry Freedman
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
Using your own illustrations — photographs or drawings — can be both lucrative and satisfying. Here are 7 reasons for doing so.
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Terry’s books, by Terry Freedman
Did you know, you could “write” a dozen books in the space of a few weeks without having to type a single word. But would you want to?
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Discombobulated, by Terry Freedman
Should there be courses on badly-written books and articles?
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Ogam Inscription at the British Museum by Terry Freedman. We’ll be using slightly more up-to-date tools than this!
Learn how to get started in blogging in a new one day course I’ll be teaching.
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Attention, by Terry Freedman
A couple of reports that will be of interest and useful to writers have just been published. These are the Royal Literary Society’s report ‘A Room Of My Own’, and the Society of Author’s plain English guide to the EU Copyright Directive.
Read MoreDreyer’s English is a great, irreverent, guide to English grammar and usage. It’s ideal for writers, and I’ll be running a prize draw for subscribers to Terry Freedman’s Books Bulletin.
Read MoreTwo recent reports show that writers’ earnings have declined markedly over the last decade, and that this is an international phenomenon.
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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 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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Dreyers English
Subscribers to my newsletter, Terry Freedman’s Books Bulletin, will soon have the chance to win a copy of Dreyer’s English. Read on to find out more.
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Fractured elbow, by Terry Freedman
Here’s some (hopefully) useful information for education writers, poets and writers in general.
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Almost out of my depth, by Terry Freedman
David Bowie’s advice to musicians could easily apply to writers and other creatives. Find out what he had to say.
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Stickie note, by Terry Freedman
James Joyce had an interesting way of making notes for Ulysses.
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Oh no! by Terry Freedman
I read a horror story recently about someone who could have got themselves into a lot of legal trouble. But there are organisations, books and blogs that can help you avoid such pitfalls.
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