Some ideas about what to do if you’re stuck at home because of Covid-19-related advice regarding social contact.
Read MoreAching feet, by Terry Freedman
Podcast listen by Terry Freedman
What to listen to while digging holes
Information about an engaging literary podcast for readers and writers.
Read MoreReflections On Covid-19 and Writing: Endings And Some Practical Tips
Here are some practical things a writer can do in the current (Covid-19) circumstances.
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Spitalfields in the rain, by Terry Freedman
PhotoPrompt #25: Spitalfields in the rain
The building shown in the photo is located just before you enter Spitalfields itself.
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Books, by Terry Freedman
World Book Day today -- free books!
Free books!
Read MoreReview: Oulipo and Modern Thought
If your interest in the Oulipo goes beyond simply trying out their techniques, and you wish to learn about the context in which it was conceived and the developments in went through, you will find this book very useful.
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A Minor Harp, by Terry Freedman
Photoprompt #24: Harmonica
in PhotoPrompt
The minor blues harmonica produces a really funky sound.
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Review: Alastair Humphreys' Great Adventurers
The stories in Great Adventurers are designed to help the reader believe that they can do it too, backed up by much more substantial evidence than vague and vacuous pronouncements like "You're wonderful, you can do anything."
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Girl and train, by Terry Freedman
Photoprompt #23: Girl and train
A silhouette of a girl going for a train. Even though I took the photo myself, I think it has a nice “rhythm” to it.
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The Writer, by Terry Freedman
The benefits of attending writing courses
Although I've been getting articles published and paid for since 1990, I still take writing courses. How come?
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Review: The Art of Mindful Reading
Can reading help you achieve mindfulness? And can mindfulness enhance your reading pleasure?
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View from the Shard, by Terry Freedman
Photoprompt #22: View from the Shard
I love London, especially at night, and this is a wonderful panorama of this great city.
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No time! By Terry Freedman
No time to write? Here are 7 things you can do about it
Most of us live in the real world rather than an ideal one, and sometimes find it almost impossible to find enough time to write productively. Here are seven things you can try to help ensure that when you do have time you’re not at a loss for words.
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Image from Thomas Hardy's work, copyright-free from British Library
Reflections on a course: Victorian Visions
in Reviews
The focus of this course is on the prose and poetry of the Victorian era (1837-1901), against the backdrop of the changes taking place in both society and academia. What’s my verdict?
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Book Review: The Norton Anthology of English Literature: The Victorian Age
This book not only contains a huge sampling of both prose and poetry, but places them into an historical context.
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The cover of The Greek Myths, Folio Edition, by Terry Freedman
The Greek Myths, by Robert Graves: A short review
in Bad writing, Reviews
The best thing I can say about this book is that it’s great to use as a work of reference.
Read MoreThe 100 word constraint
Working within a limit of 100 words is both terrifying and liberating.
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Private Eye, by Terry Freedman
I've never written a detective story but...
in Bad writing, Oulipo
The trouble with detective fiction.
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Blue Cube, by Terry Freedman
A short story involving homophonics: the answers
In a recent article I set a puzzle: identifying the hidden homophonics in a short story. Here are the answers.
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Neon tube map, by Terry Freedman. I’m thinking: does this count as a visual homophone (a homovide?) of a tube map?
A short story involving homophonics
Homophones are words that sound the same but don’t mean the same, such as fare (food) and fare (cost of travel), or their and there. In Oulipo, you take a phrase and think of one which sounds like it. I believe that it is permissible to stretch the definition of “sounds like”, so I have taken advantage of that fact.
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