How can you start writing a book if you don’t know where to start?
Read MoreHow I write: books
Surely it wasn’t that bad?! Photo by Terry Freedman
The worst novel and novelist ever?
How would you feel about being called the worst novelist ever?
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Calendar, by Terry Freedman
How I produce books
There are different stages in the writing and publication of a book. I wrote about the software I use at each stage.
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Screenshot by Terry Freedman
Writing prompts for kids
Do you have a child you’d like to encourage to write? This writing prompt website may be of interest.
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The Notepad app, by Terry Freedman
Don't write off Notepad
Notepad can hardly be described as “feature-rich”, but can it still be useful?
Read MoreThe Professional Writer: Other people’s practice
What can writers learn from the way other writers work?
Read MoreHow I write: Articles
in News & views, How to, Audio
Do you go into a blind panic when you’re asked to write an article? Here are the 7 stages I go through, and how I eventually get started.
Read MoreWriters: beware when you share
in News & views, Audio
Should you share your small writerly achievements on Twitter or other social media system?
Read MoreThe Professional Writer: Bad company
Should you write for poorly-edited publications featuring poorly-written articles?
Read MoreQuick look: Audio for Authors
in Audio, Bookshelf, Quick looks, Reviews
This book provides compelling reasons for including audio as an integral part of the writer’s portfolio and tools of the trade, not merely an add-on or afterthought.
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A diskette, by Terry Freedman
PhotoPrompt #46: A diskette
An old diskette with a date on it. What might it contain?
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Negotiations, by Terry Freedman
Negotiating practice
It’s all very well my coming along and saying: “Negotiate! They can only say ‘no’.”, as I did in the article entitled The Professional Writer: Negotiating. But how do you work up the courage to do so?
Read MorePhotoPrompt #45: Kittens
Could this be a life and death situation for some unfortunate creature?
Read MoreTerry's top tips for tutors using Zoom
The following rules can be adapted (to an extent) by any tutor teaching an online course to adults or young adults.
Read MoreReflections on the future of copyright
in Events, Reviews, News & views
The EU Copyright Directive seems to be like the curate’s egg: parts of it are excellent, or at least well-intentioned. But can it be made to work?
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Covid19-how to wash your hands, by Terry Freedman
PhotoPrompt #44: How to wash your hands
Shouldn’t we have had booths like this a long time ago, long before the pandemic?
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Review of the Wakelet Resources Organiser
in Technology, Utility, Reviews
Wakelet is a free online application for collating resources.
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PhotoPrompt #43: Train indicator
A train indicator (electronic).
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My reading list, by Terry Freedman
Reflections on the DfE's 10 tips for encouraging your child to read
in News & views
This set of tips from the Department for Education for parents to encourage reading has attracted derision and ridicule. But the DfE is right.
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Hands off! by Terry Freedman
UK Copyright conference
As we haven’t adopted the EU’s Copyright Directive, what will copyright law look like in the UK? Also, how has copyright been affected by Covid-19? These and other issues will be discussed in this online conference taking place on 16 July 2020.
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