These are the books I’ve encountered in 2020. I’ve read most of them, and reviewed many of them.
Read MoreBooks of 2020
Terry terrified, by Terry Freedman
Banning and burning books
in News & views
What does one do about books and authors with which one disagrees? In my naivety I've always thought that the best thing to do is not buy them, and not read them. Apparently I'm wrong though….
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Since I drew this cartoon, the names of the authors have changed, but the issue remains the same!
Books I'm determined to finish this year (gulp)
These are some of the books I’ve started this year, and which I’m determined to finish this year. Well, maybe I’ll settle for reading a bit more of them at least.
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On This Day wkh
On this day #8: Marry in haste before it gets dark
in On this day, Oulipo
What are preverbs, and how might they be useful to a writer?
Read MoreA shorter review of the Penguin Book of The Prose Poem
Arranged in reverse chronological order, this book will help you find great examples of innovative approaches to writing poems, dating back to the 1840s. But what exactly is a prose poem?
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Merry Xmas, by Terry Freedman
Christmas puzzle
One of my traditions at this time of year is to set some kind of puzzle. This year is no exception.
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Pencil, by Terry Freedman
The Professional Writer: Act professionally! 7 types of professional behaviour
At the risk of stating the obvious or, worse, being tautological, I think the mark of a professional writer is that he or she behaves professionally. What might professional behaviour look like?
Read MorePlain Speaking - 4 Secrets For Getting Your Book Purchased
in Handy hints
What can be more infuriating to a potential purchaser of a non-fiction book than chapter headings which give no clue as to their contents?
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On This Day, by Terry Freedman
On this day #7: Review of Help! for Writers
in Bookshelf, On this day, Hardware, Reviews
On 22 December 2015 I published a review of Help! For Writers, by Roy Peter Clark. I liked the book back then. Do I still like it now?
Read MoreA bang on the head
in EiS
I waited petrified among people for whom “social distancing” means not quite touching you, and who wore their masks as a chin-warmer.
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Shoreditch, by Terry Freedman
PhotoPrompt #53: Shoreditch
To be honest, I don’t know what sort of creative writing this picture might inspire, but I think it looks nice!
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Boots, by Terry Freedman
Hanging up my boots, partly
in News & views
I am looking forward to spending time on myself and my own projects.
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quotation marks, by Terry Freedman
If you're going to cite someone, do so properly!
in News & views
One of my rules is that when I see a quote from a report, say, or a news item, I don’t re-quote it until I’ve read the original document from which the excerpt was taken. The reason for this is quite simple…
Read MoreA Zoom poem
Karina Vidler has penned a great poem about “zooming”!
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Coming soon, by Terry Freedman
New issue of Terry Freedman's Books Bulletin!
in News & views
Later today I shall hit ‘Publish’, after which the latest issue of my books bulletin will go flying out around the world.
Read MoreExperiment: Using a gif rather than an image
in EiS, Technology, Oulipo, The lighter side
An experiment was carried out to determine whether or not the Image Block in the Squarespace Editor would accept an animated gif rather than a static jpg or png image.
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Terry thinking, by Terry
My other writing blog
in Utility
I’ve just discovered — it’s only taken me 11 years — that Squarespace allows you to create a link to another page using something called a content block.
Read MoreReview: The European City in Contemporary Literature
in Reviews
The focus was not so much on viewing the city through a tourist’s lens as on looking at how spaces in the city interacted with the experiences of the authors or, rather, the narrators in their stories.
Read MoreReview: Leaving the Atocha Station
This is a very clever book. Too clever, in fact, for any one person to fully appreciate I think.
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podcast-ai Screenshot, by Terry Freedman
Turn Chrome browser tabs into podcasts
A Chrome extension called Podcast.ai enables you to convert browser tabs to podcasts. Sometimes.
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