Archive for the ‘Opinion’ Category
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I Write Like: Stephen King, Douglas Adams, David Foster Wallace And, Rumour Has It, Vladimir Nabokov. What’s Your Writing Style—and what can it tell you?
14 May 2012This week I found a new toy—the I Write Like online writing analyser that apparently compares your writing style to…
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Watch Your Back (Up): It’s Dangerous To Just Float In the Cloud
24 Apr 2012Everyone says, “Make a backup. Always make a backup,” of everything—photos, files, music. Why? Unless you have been living under…
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How Dumb Do We Think Our Readers Are?
24 Jan 2012Recently, I have read several blog posts that told me how I ought to write. I’m up for some constructive criticism. In fact…
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Writers: Will we all be out of a job by 2037?
01 Jan 2012It’s the New Year folks, when we all start to think about our futures… While skiving off taking a break…
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When are you REALLY a writer, and not just a wannabe?
19 Oct 2011What does it mean, when you say “I’m a writer?” I can’t answer for you, but I was surprised that…
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Seriously Cute Blogger Award
21 Sep 2011Ah, my first award No money, illicit favours or other nefarious activities were undertaken to secure this honour, honestly .…
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The Bodacious Bloomers: An Award for Writers and Bloggers.
09 Sep 2011Recently I discovered that there was such a thing as a blog award when I was kindly nominated for ‘The…
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Don’t Lose Your Readers! Context and Your Writing: Does it Need a Frame, or Even a Map?
17 Aug 2011Is Andy Warhol a good painter? Some have argued that a talented teenager could replicate his work. If one of his paintings…
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What kind of writer are you: ‘Plotter’ or ‘Pantser’; Killer or Loon?
29 Jul 2011I came across several articles on the ‘net recently asking the question, “What type of writer are you?” Do you…
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Which is more deadly? Medicine or legalism?
12 Jul 2011In what is an obviously blatant simplification it seems to me that medicines can be divided into three types: 1)…
