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
in News & views
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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Proof of time travel by Terry Freedman
Photoprompt #18: Time travel is a reality!
I took a photo of this blue plaque in London today: note the year!
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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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Terry’s books, by Terry Freedman
The responsibility of the author
in News & views
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?
Read MoreHow to rework your old articles from print-outs
If you’re anything like me, you keep stacks of clippings. But if you own the copyright to the articles, and you want to update them , how can you do so? The good news is that you don't need to retype them. In this article I explain how to convert them into text for word processing.
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Book Review: The Writer's Practice
in Bookshelf
This book suggests exercises to help you get to grip with the writing process. Here’s what I thought of it.
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Discombobulated, by Terry Freedman
Bad titles
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!
New blogging course
in News & views
Learn how to get started in blogging in a new one day course I’ll be teaching.
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Shoreditch, by Terry Freedman
Photoprompt #12: Shoreditch
Here’s an atmospheric twilight shot in a district in East London.
Read More8 websites for free illustrations for your articles
Here are 8 websites where you can find high quality pictures that are free to use on your own website or blog.
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Draconian measures. Photo by Terry Freedman
PhotoPrompt #11: Draconian measures
An unfortunate omission?
Read MorePhotoprompt #10: Diplomatic premises
Another visual prompt that I hope you’ll find useful.
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Attention, by Terry Freedman
News from the desktop: A room of your own, and the EU Copyright Directive
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.
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Prize draw for Dreyer's English coming soon
Dreyer’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.
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Book review: Brainstorm
What’s a book about epilepsy doing on a writing-related website? Read on and find out.
Read MoreBig news which isn't news: writers' earnings are down
Two recent reports show that writers’ earnings have declined markedly over the last decade, and that this is an international phenomenon.
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