• April 2025 6
  • Apr 9, 2025 On this day: 7 features of bad writing Apr 9, 2025
  • Apr 9, 2025 I still get the same ole feeling: trepidation Apr 9, 2025
  • Apr 8, 2025 On this day: Second-hand ebooks? Apr 8, 2025
  • Apr 4, 2025 Reminder: Just a few hours left to enter a kick-ass competition to win a copy of A Town Without Time by Gay Talese Apr 4, 2025
  • Apr 4, 2025 On this day: The joy of monochrome Apr 4, 2025
  • Apr 1, 2025 Creative assessment on a creative writing course Apr 1, 2025
• March 2025 10
  • Mar 26, 2025 Competition to win a copy of Gay Talese's A Town Without Time Mar 26, 2025
  • Mar 26, 2025 7 useful literary techniques Mar 26, 2025
  • Mar 20, 2025 The hardboiled collection: 3 Chandleresque stories in one post! Mar 20, 2025
  • Mar 18, 2025 Quick look: A Town Without Time PLUS A chance to win this book! Mar 18, 2025
  • Mar 17, 2025 Start the Week #1 Mar 17, 2025
  • Mar 7, 2025 Review: The Newsmongers -- two reviews in one! Mar 7, 2025
  • Mar 6, 2025 A film and a meal Mar 6, 2025
  • Mar 5, 2025 Review: The Shortest History of Music Mar 5, 2025
  • Mar 5, 2025 Review: How to think like a poet (two reviews in one!) Mar 5, 2025
  • Mar 5, 2025 Mansplaining Jane Austen Mar 5, 2025
• February 2025 4
  • Feb 26, 2025 Playing the feminist card and blaming the 'patriarchy' Feb 26, 2025
  • Feb 13, 2025 Late Lines Event Feb 13, 2025
  • Feb 13, 2025 The London Book Fair 2025 #2 Feb 13, 2025
  • Feb 11, 2025 Quick looks: The Oxford Book of Caribbean Stories Feb 11, 2025
• January 2025 7
  • Jan 29, 2025 The London Book Fair 2025 #1 Jan 29, 2025
  • Jan 15, 2025 My reviews published in Teach Secondary magazine in 2024 Jan 15, 2025
  • Jan 10, 2025 Compare and contrast: Literary Journeys: Mapping Fictional Travels across the World of Literature Jan 10, 2025
  • Jan 10, 2025 Compare and contrast: Hitler’s People – The Faces of the Third Reich Jan 10, 2025
  • Jan 10, 2025 Compare and contrast: Review of How to Teach Literature – and Still Love Reading Jan 10, 2025
  • Jan 10, 2025 Compare and contrast: Review of Dickens: The Funny Bits Jan 10, 2025
  • Jan 10, 2025 My 60 Minute Writer course Jan 10, 2025
• December 2024 3
  • Dec 5, 2024 Poetry writing and me Dec 5, 2024
  • Dec 5, 2024 Fish (flash fiction) Dec 5, 2024
  • Dec 2, 2024 The 60 Minute Writer Dec 2, 2024
• November 2024 3
  • Nov 21, 2024 7 ways to get ideas for blog posts Updated Nov 21, 2024
  • Nov 21, 2024 How long should a blog post be? Updated Nov 21, 2024
  • Nov 21, 2024 A literature course I'd like to take if it were available: an Oulipian puzzle Nov 21, 2024
• October 2024 9
  • Oct 28, 2024 Blogging is not dead! Oct 28, 2024
  • Oct 28, 2024 Forget perfection... Oct 28, 2024
  • Oct 18, 2024 Lists: Bullets or numbers or checkboxes? Oct 18, 2024
  • Oct 11, 2024 Blogging: a course Oct 11, 2024
  • Oct 10, 2024 The spy who went down with a cold Oct 10, 2024
  • Oct 8, 2024 Compare and contrast: Picture Perfect Oct 8, 2024
  • Oct 8, 2024 Compare and contrast: Nuts and bolts Oct 8, 2024
  • Oct 8, 2024 Compare and contrast: Love Triangle Oct 8, 2024
  • Oct 4, 2024 20 autobiographies: excessive? On the contrary Oct 4, 2024
• September 2024 8
  • Sep 30, 2024 My life in cafés: extra Sep 30, 2024
  • Sep 27, 2024 The train now standing on platform 10 Sep 27, 2024
  • Sep 20, 2024 Review: Waterhouse on newspaper style Sep 20, 2024
  • Sep 20, 2024 Can writers learn from computer programmers? Sep 20, 2024
  • Sep 18, 2024 The Notebooks of Sonny Rollins Sep 18, 2024
  • Sep 17, 2024 Critical analysis of the Borgesian story: Using AI as a soundboard or critical friend Sep 17, 2024
  • Sep 16, 2024 Experiments in Style: A Borgesian Story Sep 16, 2024
  • Sep 15, 2024 Library madness: a trabble of trouble Sep 15, 2024
• August 2024 11
  • Aug 30, 2024 Six-word reviews Aug 30, 2024
  • Aug 29, 2024 Not just a numbers game Aug 29, 2024
  • Aug 28, 2024 Geoffrey Chaucer's Complete Works: which edition do YOU prefer? Aug 28, 2024
  • Aug 23, 2024 Success -- at last! A short, hopefully interesting and chortlesome, memoir piece Aug 23, 2024
  • Aug 22, 2024 Books added to the TBR heap Aug 22, 2024
  • Aug 17, 2024 Nano reviews Aug 17, 2024
  • Aug 16, 2024 A rather annoying side effect of scanning a typed document and converting it to text Aug 16, 2024
  • Aug 14, 2024 The art of writing originated from a very prosaic need, not a creative impulse Aug 14, 2024
  • Aug 12, 2024 Books I'm reading or about to read Aug 12, 2024
  • Aug 11, 2024 If you learnt how to write well at school, maybe you're lucky Aug 11, 2024
  • Aug 9, 2024 Let's hear it for the introverts! Aug 9, 2024
• July 2024 6
  • Jul 31, 2024 Review: 99 Variations on a Proof Jul 31, 2024
  • Jul 17, 2024 Ye olde book signing Jul 17, 2024
  • Jul 16, 2024 AI for bloggers Jul 16, 2024
  • Jul 5, 2024 An intriguing interlude on the Underground Jul 5, 2024
  • Jul 4, 2024 An embarassing interlude on the Overground Jul 4, 2024
  • Jul 3, 2024 What makes a great and successful writer? Jul 3, 2024
• June 2024 4
  • Jun 27, 2024 Review: Adventures in Maps Jun 27, 2024
  • Jun 25, 2024 Review: Write, Cut, Rewrite Jun 25, 2024
  • Jun 21, 2024 Creative writing using constraints: a bit of a post-mortem Jun 21, 2024
  • Jun 20, 2024 Experiments in style: Art critic Jun 20, 2024
• May 2024 13
  • May 30, 2024 More about the creative writing course I'll be teaching: books May 30, 2024
  • May 28, 2024 How I prepared for one of my courses May 28, 2024
  • May 17, 2024 Could a book on time travel be useful for English teachers? May 17, 2024
  • May 17, 2024 Review: A Date with Language: Fascinating Facts, Events and Stories for Every Day of the Year May 17, 2024
  • May 16, 2024 The case of the disappearing noble: A Sherlock Holmes mystery May 16, 2024
  • May 16, 2024 Review of Triggered Literature -- useful for English teachers May 16, 2024
  • May 16, 2024 Review of Handwritten: Remarkable people on the page - Great for readers and writers May 16, 2024
  • May 13, 2024 A story in the style of Bertie Wooster May 13, 2024
  • May 11, 2024 Spotting the BS May 11, 2024
  • May 9, 2024 Creative writing using constraints (a forthcoming course) May 9, 2024
  • May 9, 2024 Remuneration May 9, 2024
  • May 2, 2024 A book I'm reading May 2, 2024
  • May 1, 2024 I rejected a publisher May 1, 2024
• April 2024 4
  • Apr 29, 2024 Review: The Notebook *CORRECTED* Apr 29, 2024
  • Apr 11, 2024 My first piece of published nonfiction Apr 11, 2024
  • Apr 4, 2024 Escapism: the answer Apr 4, 2024
  • Apr 3, 2024 Books received Apr 3, 2024
• March 2024 9
  • Mar 30, 2024 A Practical Guide to Write On Mar 30, 2024
  • Mar 28, 2024 Just William Mar 28, 2024
  • Mar 27, 2024 A remarkable achievement: a shout-out to underconfident writers who do it anyway Mar 27, 2024
  • Mar 27, 2024 Automated writing Mar 27, 2024
  • Mar 26, 2024 I never have writer's block, but... Mar 26, 2024
  • Mar 25, 2024 Genuine writing Mar 25, 2024
  • Mar 20, 2024 Quick looks: Jane Austen; Write, Cut, Rewrite; Handwritten; The Book At War; From Edtech to Pedtech Mar 20, 2024
  • Mar 15, 2024 Escapism: a 50 word prose poem Mar 15, 2024
  • Mar 6, 2024 Review: Oulipo and Modern Thought (Update) Mar 6, 2024
• February 2024 6
  • Feb 29, 2024 The Johnny Sax Chronicles -- 29 February 2024 Feb 29, 2024
  • Feb 22, 2024 Quick looks: Triggered Literature PLUS an extract from my new version of Macbeth Feb 22, 2024
  • Feb 17, 2024 Libraries and readers in an age of conflict (book review) Feb 17, 2024
  • Feb 16, 2024 Review: The Artist's Journey Feb 16, 2024
  • Feb 15, 2024 An example of popular academic writing Feb 15, 2024
  • Feb 14, 2024 The creative writing course I’m teaching: evaluation of a press release Feb 14, 2024
• January 2024 5
  • Jan 26, 2024 Review of Fantasy: Realms of Imagination Jan 26, 2024
  • Jan 24, 2024 Quick looks: Triggered Literature Jan 24, 2024
  • Jan 21, 2024 Bravery Jan 21, 2024
  • Jan 3, 2024 Review: The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper Jan 3, 2024
  • Jan 3, 2024 Review: Once upon a prime Jan 3, 2024
• December 2023 7
  • Dec 27, 2023 On this day: 27th December 2019 -- Preverbs Dec 27, 2023
  • Dec 24, 2023 Review of The Girl at the Tram Stop Dec 24, 2023
  • Dec 20, 2023 Review: Solutions for Writers Dec 20, 2023
  • Dec 20, 2023 Christmas reading Dec 20, 2023
  • Dec 20, 2023 Quick look: The Artist's Journey Dec 20, 2023
  • Dec 3, 2023 Experiments in style: Hardboiled + Analysis Dec 3, 2023
  • Dec 1, 2023 Treading the boards Dec 1, 2023
• November 2023 4
  • Nov 30, 2023 Can artificial intelligence be used to write blog posts? Nov 30, 2023
  • Nov 27, 2023 My blog post (a demo) Nov 27, 2023
  • Nov 2, 2023 New Online Blogging Course Nov 2, 2023
  • Nov 1, 2023 Second-hand bookshops #1 Nov 1, 2023
• October 2023 3
  • Oct 31, 2023 Review: How words get good Oct 31, 2023
  • Oct 18, 2023 Review: A Little History of Music Oct 18, 2023
  • Oct 10, 2023 Review: The Notebook Oct 10, 2023
• September 2023 9
  • Sep 27, 2023 Imaginative film-making Sep 27, 2023
  • Sep 20, 2023 Quick looks: Once Upon A Prime Sep 20, 2023
  • Sep 15, 2023 Quick looks: Solutions for Writers Sep 15, 2023
  • Sep 13, 2023 Quick looks: The Notebook Sep 13, 2023
  • Sep 10, 2023 Sentence models for creative writing -- full review Sep 10, 2023
  • Sep 7, 2023 A comic book page by AI Sep 7, 2023
  • Sep 5, 2023 Quick look: Retroland, by Peter Kemp Sep 5, 2023
  • Sep 3, 2023 Coming soon* Review of How Words Get Good Sep 3, 2023
  • Sep 2, 2023 Creating personas Sep 2, 2023
• August 2023 4
  • Aug 21, 2023 Litotes Aug 21, 2023
  • Aug 18, 2023 Review: Clouds like dust, and other poems, by N. Slake Aug 18, 2023
  • Aug 15, 2023 Book reviews the wrong way round Aug 15, 2023
  • Aug 3, 2023 Why would anyone write badly? Aug 3, 2023
• July 2023 2
  • Jul 19, 2023 Review: Sentence models for creative writing By Christopher Youles Jul 19, 2023
  • Jul 19, 2023 Review: The Written World and the Unwritten World: Collected Non-fiction, by Italo Calvino Jul 19, 2023
• June 2023 1
  • Jun 12, 2023 Who needs a Creative Writing MA? (Revisited) Jun 12, 2023
• May 2023 3
  • May 29, 2023 Oulipo taster course: discount for today only May 29, 2023
  • May 25, 2023 5 minute tip: Spellchecker blues (Updated) May 25, 2023
  • May 1, 2023 Three collections of Oulipo writing: which is best for you? May 1, 2023
• April 2023 8
  • Apr 20, 2023 London Book Fair 2023 last day Apr 20, 2023
  • Apr 19, 2023 London Book Fair Wednesday sessions Apr 19, 2023
  • Apr 18, 2023 London Book Fair 2023 Apr 18, 2023
  • Apr 14, 2023 Using codes when note-taking -- republished with discussion Apr 14, 2023
  • Apr 13, 2023 My 6 word review of Lolita, plus commentary, updated with comments Apr 13, 2023
  • Apr 5, 2023 Review: The Writer's Journey Apr 5, 2023
  • Apr 4, 2023 Trains: an Oulipian exercise and challenge Apr 4, 2023
  • Apr 1, 2023 12 websites for free illustrations for your articles UPDATED! (again) Apr 1, 2023
• March 2023 4
  • Mar 21, 2023 Crossed wires: creative nonfiction Mar 21, 2023
  • Mar 14, 2023 Rewriting the classics: should we do it? Mar 14, 2023
  • Mar 10, 2023 Hiding in plain sight Mar 10, 2023
  • Mar 2, 2023 Review of Old Truths and New Clichés Mar 2, 2023
• February 2023 5
  • Feb 16, 2023 Our corrections policy Feb 16, 2023
  • Feb 14, 2023 A new 'Experiment in style': cockney rhyming slang Feb 14, 2023
  • Feb 11, 2023 Dictator Literature: a lesson in unreadability Feb 11, 2023
  • Feb 9, 2023 Everyone has a book in them, and with any luck that's where it will stay Feb 9, 2023
  • Feb 2, 2023 Review of the Hieroglyphs exhibition Feb 2, 2023
• January 2023 5
  • Jan 27, 2023 Calling all writers: a free gift! Jan 27, 2023
  • Jan 25, 2023 My reading plans for 2023 Jan 25, 2023
  • Jan 22, 2023 Can ChatGPT Create Good Course Outlines? Jan 22, 2023
  • Jan 11, 2023 I asked an artificial intelligence bot to write advertisements for my newsletter Jan 11, 2023
  • Jan 10, 2023 The great American language Jan 10, 2023
• December 2022 13
  • Dec 31, 2022 Can AI write book reviews? Dec 31, 2022
  • Dec 30, 2022 How I earned $9000 from a free paper Dec 30, 2022
  • Dec 27, 2022 Season's greetings! Dec 27, 2022
  • Dec 22, 2022 Creative writing: My attempt to write a Carolean Verse Romance Dec 22, 2022
  • Dec 19, 2022 Epistolary writing: an update Dec 19, 2022
  • Dec 18, 2022 A Sunday break Dec 18, 2022
  • Dec 16, 2022 Some creative non-fiction Dec 16, 2022
  • Dec 16, 2022 Review: Breaking the News Dec 16, 2022
  • Dec 13, 2022 Review: How to Teach Economics to Your Dog Dec 13, 2022
  • Dec 13, 2022 Review: Blurb Your Enthusiasm Dec 13, 2022
  • Dec 8, 2022 Writers Earnings in the UK 2022 Dec 8, 2022
  • Dec 5, 2022 Epistolary writing -- it's in the post! Dec 5, 2022
  • Dec 2, 2022 Quick looks: Oulipo and the Mathematics of Literature Dec 2, 2022
• November 2022 6
  • Nov 25, 2022 7 books set in 6 different countries: England, Colombia, France, Germany, Spain, USA Nov 25, 2022
  • Nov 24, 2022 5 reference works for writers, and 4 kinds of useful works Nov 24, 2022
  • Nov 11, 2022 Course: Writing For Blogs -- A Taster Nov 2022 Nov 11, 2022
  • Nov 3, 2022 Review: Story Craft Nov 3, 2022
  • Nov 2, 2022 I don't only write about writing! Nov 2, 2022
  • Nov 2, 2022 Review of How to be a writer, by Marcus Berkmann Nov 2, 2022
• October 2022 3
  • Oct 30, 2022 In the next issue of Write! Oct 30, 2022
  • Oct 13, 2022 The value of low-paying gigs (updated) Oct 13, 2022
  • Oct 4, 2022 Three memorable meetings Oct 4, 2022
• September 2022 8
  • Sep 29, 2022 What's the point of book reviews -- updated with further thoughts Sep 29, 2022
  • Sep 12, 2022 Two reviews for the price of one! Engineering in Plain Sight Sep 12, 2022
  • Sep 12, 2022 Two reviews for the price of one! Climate Change for Dummies Sep 12, 2022
  • Sep 12, 2022 Two reviews for the price of one! Story Machines Sep 12, 2022
  • Sep 9, 2022 My Queen and I Sep 9, 2022
  • Sep 9, 2022 Two for the price of one: Reviews of No Excuses Turning around one of Britain’s toughest schools Sep 9, 2022
  • Sep 8, 2022 Two Book Reviews for the price of one! Futureproof: A Comprehensive Framework For Teaching Digital Citizenship In Schools Sep 8, 2022
  • Sep 7, 2022 Book review: Brave New World -- the graphic novel Sep 7, 2022
• August 2022 1
  • Aug 24, 2022 What's the point of book reviews? Aug 24, 2022
• July 2022 7
  • Jul 28, 2022 Style matters Jul 28, 2022
  • Jul 28, 2022 Essay for an advanced literary course Jul 28, 2022
  • Jul 18, 2022 Feedback From A Course Called Writing The Oulipo Jul 18, 2022
  • Jul 13, 2022 Blogging: not dead yet Jul 13, 2022
  • Jul 12, 2022 The point of pointless writing (Updated) Jul 12, 2022
  • Jul 6, 2022 Coming soon in the Write! newsletter Jul 6, 2022
  • Jul 1, 2022 Beware the ultracrepidarians Jul 1, 2022
• June 2022 14
  • Jun 24, 2022 A slow motion rejection revisited Jun 24, 2022
  • Jun 24, 2022 A slow motion rejection (Updated) Jun 24, 2022
  • Jun 23, 2022 National Writing Day 2022: resources, reviews and tips Jun 23, 2022
  • Jun 22, 2022 What "interesting" REALLY means (or might do) Jun 22, 2022
  • Jun 19, 2022 CREATIVE NONFICTION: THE TYRANNY OF CHOICE Jun 19, 2022
  • Jun 17, 2022 Writing the Oulipo: A taster update Jun 17, 2022
  • Jun 17, 2022 On this day: Oulipo books Jun 17, 2022
  • Jun 15, 2022 Writers' earnings Jun 15, 2022
  • Jun 13, 2022 Oulipo course to go ahead Jun 13, 2022
  • Jun 13, 2022 What is nonfiction? Jun 13, 2022
  • Jun 12, 2022 Indexes and tables of contents Jun 12, 2022
  • Jun 9, 2022 Writing the Oulipo: A Taster of "constrained writing" Jun 9, 2022
  • Jun 8, 2022 Cycling to the Platinum Jubilee celebrations Jun 8, 2022
  • Jun 7, 2022 Navigating a book Jun 7, 2022
• May 2022 10
  • May 30, 2022 Yeah, I run a business. So what? May 30, 2022
  • May 28, 2022 Course: Writing the Oulipo May 28, 2022
  • May 25, 2022 Gilray and plum pie May 25, 2022
  • May 23, 2022 Imposing limits in order to enhance your creativity May 23, 2022
  • May 20, 2022 #FlashbackFriday: Book reviews May 20, 2022
  • May 20, 2022 A slow motion rejection May 20, 2022
  • May 15, 2022 Classification of my articles: an asyndetic list May 15, 2022
  • May 14, 2022 On this day: Authors ands their rituals May 14, 2022
  • May 12, 2022 Ways into advanced literary study: a review May 12, 2022
  • May 9, 2022 Book review: A Head Full of Everything: Inspiration for Teenagers With the World on Their Mind May 9, 2022
• April 2022 13
  • Apr 25, 2022 Cancel culture, McCarthy-style Apr 25, 2022
  • Apr 19, 2022 My writing warm-up exercise Apr 19, 2022
  • Apr 18, 2022 On this day: Saving your work Apr 18, 2022
  • Apr 13, 2022 Second-hand ebooks? (Updated) Apr 13, 2022
  • Apr 5, 2022 Eclecticism Apr 5, 2022
  • Apr 5, 2022 Review: Murder Your Darlings Apr 5, 2022
  • Apr 5, 2022 Review: A Little Book of Language Apr 5, 2022
  • Apr 5, 2022 Review: How to read like a writer Apr 5, 2022
  • Apr 4, 2022 Review of Gothic: An Illustrated History (expanded review) Apr 4, 2022
  • Apr 4, 2022 The London Book Fair 2022 Apr 4, 2022
  • Apr 4, 2022 The trials and tribulations of blogging as a SWOT analysis (Updated) Apr 4, 2022
  • Apr 4, 2022 The hard sell (Updated) Apr 4, 2022
  • Apr 4, 2022 Review of Gothic: An Illustrated History -- Education version Apr 4, 2022
• March 2022 9
  • Mar 28, 2022 Remembering Paul Jennings, a great British humorist Mar 28, 2022
  • Mar 19, 2022 Me? Do poetry analysis? Come on! Mar 19, 2022
  • Mar 17, 2022 The Bartleby Response Mar 17, 2022
  • Mar 15, 2022 Can your face be used for copyright protection? Mar 15, 2022
  • Mar 14, 2022 A computational approach to Eng Lit Mar 14, 2022
  • Mar 8, 2022 A glimpse into cancel culture Mar 8, 2022
  • Mar 6, 2022 How you could help Ukraine Mar 6, 2022
  • Mar 4, 2022 The OTHER World Book Day Mar 4, 2022
  • Mar 3, 2022 It's World Book Day! Mar 3, 2022
• February 2022 8
  • Feb 24, 2022 Ideas for making your blog work for you (revisited) Feb 24, 2022
  • Feb 24, 2022 Playing with context (revisited) Feb 24, 2022
  • Feb 21, 2022 The Carrot2 Search Engine Revisited Feb 21, 2022
  • Feb 15, 2022 A closed-loop conversation Feb 15, 2022
  • Feb 8, 2022 On being late Feb 8, 2022
  • Feb 5, 2022 testing publishing Feb 5, 2022
  • Feb 3, 2022 In case this website disappears... Feb 3, 2022
  • Feb 2, 2022 On this day: The Greek Myths Feb 2, 2022
• January 2022 16
  • Jan 29, 2022 PhotoPrompt and On This Day Jan 29, 2022
  • Jan 28, 2022 Groundhog hour Jan 28, 2022
  • Jan 28, 2022 On this day: a 100 word short Jan 28, 2022
  • Jan 26, 2022 Is satire dead? Jan 26, 2022
  • Jan 24, 2022 A 10% discount, Ulysses, book burning, libraries Jan 24, 2022
  • Jan 21, 2022 Getting your ideas down Jan 21, 2022
  • Jan 21, 2022 The right way to write blog posts? Jan 21, 2022
  • Jan 15, 2022 Egos are us? Jan 15, 2022
  • Jan 14, 2022 Not reaping but sowing Jan 14, 2022
  • Jan 12, 2022 The new definition of "cosmetic" Jan 12, 2022
  • Jan 10, 2022 Review: The New Penguin Book of American Short Stories Jan 10, 2022
  • Jan 10, 2022 Review: Story Craft Jan 10, 2022
  • Jan 7, 2022 Review: Index, A History Of The: A Bookish Adventure Jan 7, 2022
  • Jan 5, 2022 The get-rich-quick itch (Updated) Jan 5, 2022
  • Jan 3, 2022 Foreword, Preface or Introduction? (Updated) Jan 3, 2022
  • Jan 2, 2022 Writing for the sake of writing Jan 2, 2022
• December 2021 17
  • Dec 31, 2021 Review: Audio for Authors Dec 31, 2021
  • Dec 31, 2021 7 characteristics of good writers (Updated) Dec 31, 2021
  • Dec 29, 2021 The perils of writing software manuals (Updated) Dec 29, 2021
  • Dec 25, 2021 PhotoPrompt: Cats Eyes Removed Dec 25, 2021
  • Dec 25, 2021 A bang on the head, yeah? Dec 25, 2021
  • Dec 23, 2021 Coming soon in Terry Freedman's Books Bulletin Dec 23, 2021
  • Dec 22, 2021 On this day: Getting paid is nice too Dec 22, 2021
  • Dec 22, 2021 Christmas message from Writers' Know-how Dec 22, 2021
  • Dec 20, 2021 Using Twitter for creative writing (updated) Dec 20, 2021
  • Dec 20, 2021 Using art for inspiration Dec 20, 2021
  • Dec 16, 2021 Write! Official Issue #1 out soon! Dec 16, 2021
  • Dec 15, 2021 Review: American Short Stories course Dec 15, 2021
  • Dec 13, 2021 Review: A Taste of Film Dec 13, 2021
  • Dec 10, 2021 Fake news and media literacy Dec 10, 2021
  • Dec 7, 2021 Creating filler text Dec 7, 2021
  • Dec 6, 2021 A randomly created short story Dec 6, 2021
  • Dec 3, 2021 Why are positive reviews so boring? Dec 3, 2021
• November 2021 15
  • Nov 30, 2021 Categories or tags? Or both? Nov 30, 2021
  • Nov 26, 2021 Books Unseen: All of the Marvels Nov 26, 2021
  • Nov 25, 2021 Books Unseen: Gothic: An Illustrated History Nov 25, 2021
  • Nov 25, 2021 On this day: My non-writing writing day Nov 25, 2021
  • Nov 25, 2021 Quick look: The 12 Week Year for Writers Nov 25, 2021
  • Nov 19, 2021 The best length of a blog post Nov 19, 2021
  • Nov 16, 2021 Short-form writing (book review) Nov 16, 2021
  • Nov 10, 2021 7 blogging questions Nov 10, 2021
  • Nov 10, 2021 I, The Dictator Nov 10, 2021
  • Nov 9, 2021 How I cope with looming deadlines -- 5 strategies Nov 9, 2021
  • Nov 8, 2021 Articles on writing in the week beginning 1st November 2021 Nov 8, 2021
  • Nov 7, 2021 Handwriting on your blog Nov 7, 2021
  • Nov 5, 2021 Is it better to have more ideas than time, or more time than ideas? Nov 5, 2021
  • Nov 1, 2021 Recalling my Discovery of Sherman Alexie Nov 1, 2021
  • Nov 1, 2021 Do exercise to be creative Nov 1, 2021
• October 2021 13
  • Oct 31, 2021 50 Rules for writers Oct 31, 2021
  • Oct 25, 2021 A ridiculous correspondence Oct 25, 2021
  • Oct 22, 2021 Why swearing in writing or speaking is (usually) very ill-judged (Updated) Oct 22, 2021
  • Oct 21, 2021 Creative writing exercise: reflections; I remember Oct 21, 2021
  • Oct 18, 2021 Course: Writing for Blogs: A Taster 2021 Oct 18, 2021
  • Oct 17, 2021 Bash it out Oct 17, 2021
  • Oct 13, 2021 Pseudo-intellectualism (corrected) Oct 13, 2021
  • Oct 10, 2021 Review: Ex Libris, by Matt Madden Oct 10, 2021
  • Oct 5, 2021 The value of low-paying gigs Oct 5, 2021
  • Oct 4, 2021 The key criterion of a writer’s success (Updated) Oct 4, 2021
  • Oct 2, 2021 Quick look: Overthinking My Novel Oct 2, 2021
  • Oct 2, 2021 WIBBOW? Oct 2, 2021
  • Oct 2, 2021 8 Key Characteristics of Successful Writers Oct 2, 2021
• September 2021 10
  • Sep 24, 2021 The very first article on this website... Sep 24, 2021
  • Sep 22, 2021 A very writerly comic strip Sep 22, 2021
  • Sep 17, 2021 Using a points system to incentivise you Sep 17, 2021
  • Sep 15, 2021 A phone call to technical support reported as a one-sided conversation Sep 15, 2021
  • Sep 14, 2021 A bang on the head -- N + 12 Sep 14, 2021
  • Sep 14, 2021 A bang on the head -- in code Sep 14, 2021
  • Sep 13, 2021 Some changes to the Writers' Know-how website Sep 13, 2021
  • Sep 12, 2021 The importance of a nice writing set Sep 12, 2021
  • Sep 8, 2021 Freelancing vs authoring Part 2: Authoring (updated) Sep 8, 2021
  • Sep 7, 2021 Freelancing vs authoring Part 1 (updated) Sep 7, 2021
• August 2021 6
  • Aug 11, 2021 Review of a graphics novel introductory course Aug 11, 2021
  • Aug 10, 2021 How to write quickly Aug 10, 2021
  • Aug 9, 2021 Note to would-be contributors: the grapeshot strategy is a waste of time Aug 9, 2021
  • Aug 6, 2021 Advice for would-be book reviewers Aug 6, 2021
  • Aug 5, 2021 An unintended consequence of wishing to be nice when reviewing books by female authors Aug 5, 2021
  • Aug 2, 2021 Two unexpected consequences of installing a calendar archive Aug 2, 2021
• July 2021 14
  • Jul 29, 2021 Where are my articles?! Jul 29, 2021
  • Jul 28, 2021 How I review books on writing Jul 28, 2021
  • Jul 25, 2021 Enjoying the hard stuff: review of a course in hardboiled fiction Jul 25, 2021
  • Jul 25, 2021 The Big Sweep Jul 25, 2021
  • Jul 23, 2021 How to read faster Jul 23, 2021
  • Jul 22, 2021 How to help an editor Jul 22, 2021
  • Jul 22, 2021 Bath time Jul 22, 2021
  • Jul 20, 2021 A bang on the head -- DIY version Jul 20, 2021
  • Jul 16, 2021 Domino effect Jul 16, 2021
  • Jul 15, 2021 Review: 99 Ways to tell a story Jul 15, 2021
  • Jul 15, 2021 Review: The Rise and Fall of Oscar Wilde Jul 15, 2021
  • Jul 14, 2021 Review: A Little History of Literature Jul 14, 2021
  • Jul 9, 2021 Reading streak? Oh, puh-lease! Jul 9, 2021
  • Jul 5, 2021 Review: Creative writing for social media Jul 5, 2021
• June 2021 18
  • Jun 29, 2021 Quick look: Guerrilla Publicity Jun 29, 2021
  • Jun 26, 2021 Bunbury and Bales Jun 26, 2021
  • Jun 25, 2021 Mirrors and windows Jun 25, 2021
  • Jun 25, 2021 Tampering with natural ignorance: Oscar Wilde on education Jun 25, 2021
  • Jun 24, 2021 On this day: Inheriting ebooks Jun 24, 2021
  • Jun 21, 2021 Review: Exercises in Style Jun 21, 2021
  • Jun 21, 2021 Oscar Jun 21, 2021
  • Jun 21, 2021 London Book Fair 2021 Jun 21, 2021
  • Jun 19, 2021 Quote styles Jun 19, 2021
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  • Jun 9, 2021 Terry Freedman's Books Bulletin: what's coming up? Jun 9, 2021
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  • Jun 7, 2021 Writers' Summit Jun 7, 2021
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  • Jun 3, 2021 An Oulipo Experiment Jun 3, 2021
• May 2021 18
  • May 30, 2021 PhotoPrompt #59: Man in a hat May 30, 2021
  • May 28, 2021 My blackberry isn’t working: technology and language (humour) May 28, 2021
  • May 25, 2021 Freelance writing awards May 25, 2021
  • May 24, 2021 PhotoPrompt #58: An alleyway May 24, 2021
  • May 23, 2021 PhotoPrompt #57: Sculpture near Paternoster Square May 23, 2021
  • May 19, 2021 From the archives: Publishers discover e-learning! May 19, 2021
  • May 18, 2021 Review of the Writing Inspiration Jam course May 18, 2021
  • May 17, 2021 Solitude: a poem May 17, 2021
  • May 17, 2021 Who's the author? May 17, 2021
  • May 17, 2021 Language Barrier May 17, 2021
  • May 16, 2021 The traumatic process of de-booking May 16, 2021
  • May 14, 2021 On this day: Finding a book when you can't remember its name May 14, 2021
  • May 13, 2021 Why constraints are a good thing for writers of all kinds May 13, 2021
  • May 12, 2021 The Professional Writer: Make your text readable May 12, 2021
  • May 11, 2021 Converting an offline course to an online one May 11, 2021
  • May 10, 2021 The Professional Writer: Learning the tools of your trade May 10, 2021
  • May 9, 2021 A different form of ice-breaker May 9, 2021
  • May 4, 2021 Variations on Hamlet May 4, 2021
• April 2021 17
  • Apr 30, 2021 A Bang on the Head -- inspired by Malevich Apr 30, 2021
  • Apr 30, 2021 Free books for writers Apr 30, 2021
  • Apr 26, 2021 A note about Oulipo Apr 26, 2021
  • Apr 25, 2021 Review: Book Parts Apr 25, 2021
  • Apr 23, 2021 Call yourself a writer? Imposter syndrome Apr 23, 2021
  • Apr 23, 2021 A writer's woes Apr 23, 2021
  • Apr 22, 2021 Courtroom: Yachtswoman The Oulipo: A Taxation Apr 22, 2021
  • Apr 21, 2021 Course: Writing the Oulipo: A Taster Apr 21, 2021
  • Apr 18, 2021 Book review: Your Press Release Is Breaking My Heart Apr 18, 2021
  • Apr 13, 2021 The need for more intensive proofreading Apr 13, 2021
  • Apr 12, 2021 Using codes when note-taking Apr 12, 2021
  • Apr 9, 2021 An unexpected benefit of lockdown Apr 9, 2021
  • Apr 6, 2021 Writers: tear up the rule book! Apr 6, 2021
  • Apr 3, 2021 7 things that every serious blogger should do Apr 3, 2021
  • Apr 3, 2021 The trials and tribulations of blogging as a SWOT analysis (Updated) Apr 3, 2021
  • Apr 3, 2021 Writers: Use what you got! Apr 3, 2021
  • Apr 2, 2021 The basics of good technical writing Apr 2, 2021
• March 2021 19
  • Mar 28, 2021 Budding writers should welcome antiplagiarism software Mar 28, 2021
  • Mar 28, 2021 A bang on the head as a cloze exercise Mar 28, 2021
  • Mar 25, 2021 Review: Writing Tools, by Roy Peter Clark Mar 25, 2021
  • Mar 24, 2021 The professional writer: the stages of writing an article Mar 24, 2021
  • Mar 23, 2021 What I've learnt from experiments in style Mar 23, 2021
  • Mar 22, 2021 Hamlet reimagined as the Dice Man Mar 22, 2021
  • Mar 22, 2021 Review: Storycraft, by Jack Hart Mar 22, 2021
  • Mar 20, 2021 Dystopian visions (Updated) Mar 20, 2021
  • Mar 20, 2021 PhotoPrompt #56: A park scene Mar 20, 2021
  • Mar 19, 2021 Writing the Oulipo: A Taster Mar 19, 2021
  • Mar 18, 2021 Yak the Oulipo: a taxi (Updated) Mar 18, 2021
  • Mar 16, 2021 Journalists under fire Mar 16, 2021
  • Mar 16, 2021 5 minute tips: The wordprocessor file menu Mar 16, 2021
  • Mar 14, 2021 5 minute tip: Spellchecker blues Mar 14, 2021
  • Mar 13, 2021 5 Minute tip: How to create a template in Word Mar 13, 2021
  • Mar 11, 2021 Advertising as part of TV programmes (Updated) Mar 11, 2021
  • Mar 10, 2021 Testing a camcorder for interviews Mar 10, 2021
  • Mar 8, 2021 Writing during Covid Mar 8, 2021
  • Mar 4, 2021 Normal service will be resumed as soon as possible Mar 4, 2021
• February 2021 7
  • Feb 25, 2021 PhotoPrompt #55: A band Feb 25, 2021
  • Feb 22, 2021 On this day #9: A nice problem to have Feb 22, 2021
  • Feb 18, 2021 Language and meaning 2: the need for precision Feb 18, 2021
  • Feb 15, 2021 An example of why pedantry is not a great idea Feb 15, 2021
  • Feb 12, 2021 A bang on the head as a (not entirely accurate) comic strip Feb 12, 2021
  • Feb 1, 2021 Language and meaning Feb 1, 2021
  • Feb 1, 2021 Review: The Go-Between Feb 1, 2021
• January 2021 16
  • Jan 29, 2021 PhotoPrompt #54: Private, keep out Jan 29, 2021
  • Jan 28, 2021 Review: How to write short Jan 28, 2021
  • Jan 28, 2021 The 100 best websites for writers in 2021 Jan 28, 2021
  • Jan 23, 2021 Should writers enjoy copyright protection? Jan 23, 2021
  • Jan 21, 2021 Now it's Chaucer's turn Jan 21, 2021
  • Jan 18, 2021 Possible changes in the status of freelance writers in the USA Jan 18, 2021
  • Jan 15, 2021 Writing competitions Jan 15, 2021
  • Jan 14, 2021 Quick look: You talkin' to me? The Unruly History of New York English (The Dialects of North America) Jan 14, 2021
  • Jan 14, 2021 Finding books based on place Jan 14, 2021
  • Jan 13, 2021 My partial translation of Beowulf Jan 13, 2021
  • Jan 12, 2021 An updated article about Brexit and writers Jan 12, 2021
  • Jan 7, 2021 Two articles for authors regarding Brexit Jan 7, 2021
  • Jan 6, 2021 An offer I COULD refuse Jan 6, 2021
  • Jan 4, 2021 Why writers should build a back list Jan 4, 2021
  • Jan 1, 2021 Happy new year! Jan 1, 2021
  • Jan 1, 2021 Books of 2020 -- now with audio Jan 1, 2021
• December 2020 29
  • Dec 31, 2020 Books of 2020 Dec 31, 2020
  • Dec 31, 2020 Banning and burning books Dec 31, 2020
  • Dec 29, 2020 Books I'm determined to finish this year (gulp) Dec 29, 2020
  • Dec 27, 2020 On this day #8: Marry in haste before it gets dark Dec 27, 2020
  • Dec 26, 2020 A shorter review of the Penguin Book of The Prose Poem Dec 26, 2020
  • Dec 25, 2020 Christmas puzzle Dec 25, 2020
  • Dec 23, 2020 The Professional Writer: Act professionally! 7 types of professional behaviour Dec 23, 2020
  • Dec 23, 2020 Plain Speaking - 4 Secrets For Getting Your Book Purchased Dec 23, 2020
  • Dec 22, 2020 On this day #7: Review of Help! for Writers Dec 22, 2020
  • Dec 22, 2020 A bang on the head Dec 22, 2020
  • Dec 22, 2020 PhotoPrompt #53: Shoreditch Dec 22, 2020
  • Dec 21, 2020 Hanging up my boots, partly Dec 21, 2020
  • Dec 21, 2020 If you're going to cite someone, do so properly! Dec 21, 2020
  • Dec 17, 2020 A Zoom poem Dec 17, 2020
  • Dec 17, 2020 New issue of Terry Freedman's Books Bulletin! Dec 17, 2020
  • Dec 15, 2020 Experiment: Using a gif rather than an image Dec 15, 2020
  • Dec 11, 2020 My other writing blog Dec 11, 2020
  • Dec 10, 2020 Review: The European City in Contemporary Literature Dec 10, 2020
  • Dec 9, 2020 Review: Leaving the Atocha Station Dec 9, 2020
  • Dec 9, 2020 Turn Chrome browser tabs into podcasts Dec 9, 2020
  • Dec 7, 2020 Review: Great Novellas Dec 7, 2020
  • Dec 7, 2020 Review: Ethan Frome Dec 7, 2020
  • Dec 6, 2020 On this day #6: A useful search engine Dec 6, 2020
  • Dec 6, 2020 My Writing Day --Variation Dec 6, 2020
  • Dec 5, 2020 Review: Chronicle of a death foretold Dec 5, 2020
  • Dec 4, 2020 Review: Book of Clouds Dec 4, 2020
  • Dec 3, 2020 Not so much an ice-breaker as an ice-maker Dec 3, 2020
  • Dec 3, 2020 How are literature and orgasm related? Dec 3, 2020
  • Dec 1, 2020 Blogging: to comment or not to comment, that is the question Dec 1, 2020
• November 2020 24
  • Nov 29, 2020 Blogging: Categories and tags Nov 29, 2020
  • Nov 28, 2020 Review: A Little History of Poetry Nov 28, 2020
  • Nov 26, 2020 Review: Who will run the frog hospital Nov 26, 2020
  • Nov 26, 2020 Anatomy of a blog Nov 26, 2020
  • Nov 24, 2020 Anatomy of a blog post Nov 24, 2020
  • Nov 23, 2020 7 ways to get ideas for blog posts Nov 23, 2020
  • Nov 22, 2020 PhotoPrompt #52: A hole Nov 22, 2020
  • Nov 21, 2020 A literature course I'd like to take if it were available Nov 21, 2020
  • Nov 20, 2020 Review: The Comfort of Strangers Nov 20, 2020
  • Nov 19, 2020 How long should a blog post be? Nov 19, 2020
  • Nov 18, 2020 A writer's diary: day 5 Nov 18, 2020
  • Nov 17, 2020 A writer's diary: day 4 Nov 17, 2020
  • Nov 16, 2020 A writer's diary: day 3 Nov 16, 2020
  • Nov 15, 2020 A writer's diary: day 2 Nov 15, 2020
  • Nov 15, 2020 Review of Things Seen, by Annie Ernaux Nov 15, 2020
  • Nov 15, 2020 A Facebook conversation Nov 15, 2020
  • Nov 14, 2020 A writer's diary: day 1 (Updated) Nov 14, 2020
  • Nov 13, 2020 Review: Giovanni's Room Nov 13, 2020
  • Nov 12, 2020 On this day #5: The perfect blog post? Nov 12, 2020
  • Nov 12, 2020 The Writing Practice Nov 12, 2020
  • Nov 9, 2020 Review: Closely Observed Trains Nov 9, 2020
  • Nov 7, 2020 Journalistic integrity and the need to compromise Nov 7, 2020
  • Nov 6, 2020 Course: Writing for blogs: a taster Nov 6, 2020
  • Nov 5, 2020 Loads of ideas, just not enough time Nov 5, 2020
• October 2020 14
  • Oct 27, 2020 Old Nick Oct 27, 2020
  • Oct 22, 2020 Review: Film Studies courses Oct 22, 2020
  • Oct 21, 2020 Review: The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms Oct 21, 2020
  • Oct 21, 2020 Review: Bonjour Tristesse Oct 21, 2020
  • Oct 21, 2020 The primary duty of a translator Oct 21, 2020
  • Oct 16, 2020 Review of Teach Like a Writer Oct 16, 2020
  • Oct 15, 2020 Review of Why They Can't Write Oct 15, 2020
  • Oct 14, 2020 On this day #4: Unmindfulness Oct 14, 2020
  • Oct 11, 2020 How to have more than one Gmail address Oct 11, 2020
  • Oct 8, 2020 Why don't people finish reading long articles on the internet? Oct 8, 2020
  • Oct 5, 2020 The Author magazine Oct 5, 2020
  • Oct 2, 2020 Reasons To Have A Double Opt-In System For Newsletters Oct 2, 2020
  • Oct 2, 2020 On this day #3: Technical support Oct 2, 2020
  • Oct 1, 2020 On this day #2: Enjoyable writing Oct 1, 2020
• September 2020 19
  • Sep 30, 2020 On this day #1: Paragraph styles Sep 30, 2020
  • Sep 27, 2020 Review: The Awakening, by Kate Chopin Sep 27, 2020
  • Sep 27, 2020 Is creative writing teachable? Sep 27, 2020
  • Sep 26, 2020 PhotoPrompt #51: Big words Sep 26, 2020
  • Sep 23, 2020 Review: The Kreutzer Sonata, by Tolstoy Sep 23, 2020
  • Sep 23, 2020 Review: First Love, by Turgenev Sep 23, 2020
  • Sep 21, 2020 The Professional Writer: Why you need a platform Sep 21, 2020
  • Sep 20, 2020 The Professional Writer: 8 reasons to blog Sep 20, 2020
  • Sep 19, 2020 Minding our language Sep 19, 2020
  • Sep 18, 2020 The writer's dilemma: writer's block (Revisited) Sep 18, 2020
  • Sep 17, 2020 Automatic writing (Updated) Sep 17, 2020
  • Sep 17, 2020 PhotoPrompt #50: Stainless Steel Ball Sep 17, 2020
  • Sep 16, 2020 Vote for me! Sep 16, 2020
  • Sep 14, 2020 Renaming several files at the same time Sep 14, 2020
  • Sep 8, 2020 PhotoPrompt #49: A gunpowder magazine Sep 8, 2020
  • Sep 6, 2020 The Professional Writer: Know Your Rights Sep 6, 2020
  • Sep 3, 2020 An interesting way of dealing with writer's block Sep 3, 2020
  • Sep 2, 2020 Proofreading (by someone else) is essential Sep 2, 2020
  • Sep 1, 2020 PhotoPrompt #48: Metal box on a pole in a park Sep 1, 2020
• August 2020 20
  • Aug 31, 2020 Two reviews of The Penguin Book of the Prose Poem Aug 31, 2020
  • Aug 31, 2020 A potentially useful word website Aug 31, 2020
  • Aug 30, 2020 Technology-inspired words Aug 30, 2020
  • Aug 30, 2020 Hidden truths in journalism Aug 30, 2020
  • Aug 28, 2020 Search engine vs librarian: who "wins"? Aug 28, 2020
  • Aug 23, 2020 PhotoPrompt round-up Aug 23, 2020
  • Aug 18, 2020 Book review: Bird By Bird Aug 18, 2020
  • Aug 18, 2020 The writer's paradox Aug 18, 2020
  • Aug 17, 2020 How to not write without feeling guilty Aug 17, 2020
  • Aug 15, 2020 PhotoPrompt #47: Closed road Aug 15, 2020
  • Aug 14, 2020 A Writer’s Reference Toolkit: Style Guides (Updated) Aug 14, 2020
  • Aug 13, 2020 How I write: books Aug 13, 2020
  • Aug 12, 2020 The worst novel and novelist ever? Aug 12, 2020
  • Aug 11, 2020 How I produce books Aug 11, 2020
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  • Aug 11, 2020 Don't write off Notepad Aug 11, 2020
  • Aug 10, 2020 The Professional Writer: Other people’s practice Aug 10, 2020
  • Aug 7, 2020 How I write: Articles Aug 7, 2020
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• July 2020 18
  • Jul 31, 2020 Quick look: Audio for Authors Jul 31, 2020
  • Jul 29, 2020 PhotoPrompt #46: A diskette Jul 29, 2020
  • Jul 27, 2020 Negotiating practice Jul 27, 2020
  • Jul 25, 2020 PhotoPrompt #45: Kittens Jul 25, 2020
  • Jul 21, 2020 Terry's top tips for tutors using Zoom Jul 21, 2020
  • Jul 21, 2020 Reflections on the future of copyright Jul 21, 2020
  • Jul 20, 2020 PhotoPrompt #44: How to wash your hands Jul 20, 2020
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  • Jul 17, 2020 Reflections on the DfE's 10 tips for encouraging your child to read Jul 17, 2020
  • Jul 15, 2020 UK Copyright conference Jul 15, 2020
  • Jul 13, 2020 PhotoPrompt #42: Red blur Jul 13, 2020
  • Jul 9, 2020 PhotoPrompt #41: Keep away! Jul 9, 2020
  • Jul 8, 2020 Review of Trouble in paradise: the American suburban novel Jul 8, 2020
  • Jul 7, 2020 The ALCS Educational Writers' Award: only 3 days left! Jul 7, 2020
  • Jul 6, 2020 The Professional Writer: Negotiating Jul 6, 2020
  • Jul 3, 2020 My expanding reading list Jul 3, 2020
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• June 2020 23
  • Jun 30, 2020 The professional writer: a matter of respect Jun 30, 2020
  • Jun 29, 2020 The professional writer: honing your craft Jun 29, 2020
  • Jun 23, 2020 PhotoPrompt #40: Happy socks Jun 23, 2020
  • Jun 23, 2020 How to appear erudite in writing Jun 23, 2020
  • Jun 21, 2020 test Jun 21, 2020
  • Jun 21, 2020 Domino effect -- or why I did no writing this afternoon Jun 21, 2020
  • Jun 20, 2020 The Department for Education's communication skills Jun 20, 2020
  • Jun 18, 2020 Lit crit: a mathematical approach Jun 18, 2020
  • Jun 17, 2020 Bullets or numbers? Jun 17, 2020
  • Jun 16, 2020 Writing for blogs: a taster Jun 16, 2020
  • Jun 16, 2020 PhotoPrompt #39: Shadows Jun 16, 2020
  • Jun 16, 2020 Where to store your writing ideas Jun 16, 2020
  • Jun 15, 2020 PhotoPrompt #38: A forest clearing in monochrome Jun 15, 2020
  • Jun 14, 2020 PhotoPrompt #37: A leaf Jun 14, 2020
  • Jun 12, 2020 Who needs a Creative Writing MA? Jun 12, 2020
  • Jun 11, 2020 New online blogging course Jun 11, 2020
  • Jun 9, 2020 Bad PR jargon, and how to detect it Jun 9, 2020
  • Jun 8, 2020 Review: A-Z of Storytelling Techniques Jun 8, 2020
  • Jun 6, 2020 Data Jun 6, 2020
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  • Jun 3, 2020 Review: My very first Updike Jun 3, 2020
  • Jun 2, 2020 Signs of the times Jun 2, 2020
  • Jun 1, 2020 The art of writing book reviews Jun 1, 2020
• May 2020 20
  • May 31, 2020 PhotoPrompt #35: Foxglove, rubbish and compost May 31, 2020
  • May 29, 2020 Rich-featured software often leads to headaches May 29, 2020
  • May 28, 2020 Read like a writer May 28, 2020
  • May 27, 2020 PhotoPrompt #34: Tobacco tins May 27, 2020
  • May 25, 2020 Not quite nearly fine: some terms used by antiquarian booksellers May 25, 2020
  • May 23, 2020 How to use your Kindle pdf annotations in a wordprocessed document May 23, 2020
  • May 23, 2020 When adult education classes resume, will you go back? May 23, 2020
  • May 22, 2020 How to enhance your bookshelves for online meetings May 22, 2020
  • May 22, 2020 Book review: All That Is Evident Is Suspect May 22, 2020
  • May 21, 2020 First or firstly? May 21, 2020
  • May 17, 2020 Too busy to read my blog posts? You can listen to some instead May 17, 2020
  • May 15, 2020 What An Insulting Site! (Update) May 15, 2020
  • May 14, 2020 Creative writing experiment in structure: Unforeseen Consequences May 14, 2020
  • May 14, 2020 Finding a book when you can't remember its name May 14, 2020
  • May 14, 2020 How to have blog posts come to you (instead of having to go to them) May 14, 2020
  • May 10, 2020 PhotoPrompt #33: Park benches in the time of Covid May 10, 2020
  • May 7, 2020 PhotoPrompt #32: Shops in the time of Covid May 7, 2020
  • May 4, 2020 Digital opportunities for educational publishing May 4, 2020
  • May 1, 2020 PhotoPrompt #31: Schools in the time of Covid May 1, 2020
  • May 1, 2020 Zoom meeting backgrounds: a glimpse into the lives of others May 1, 2020
• April 2020 14
  • Apr 30, 2020 PhotoPrompt #30: Skies in the time of Covid Apr 30, 2020
  • Apr 30, 2020 Writing the blues Apr 30, 2020
  • Apr 30, 2020 PhotoPrompt #29: Cat in a box Apr 30, 2020
  • Apr 28, 2020 Review: Writers' London Apr 28, 2020
  • Apr 27, 2020 Review: Write Your Book In A Flash Apr 27, 2020
  • Apr 27, 2020 My audio experiment Apr 27, 2020
  • Apr 24, 2020 London Book Fair news Apr 24, 2020
  • Apr 23, 2020 The long goodbye Apr 23, 2020
  • Apr 22, 2020 PhotoPrompt #28: Hospitals in the time of Covid19 Apr 22, 2020
  • Apr 20, 2020 Covid19: who ya gonna trust? Apr 20, 2020
  • Apr 15, 2020 How good is online workshopping? Apr 15, 2020
  • Apr 14, 2020 The perils of online discussions: messaging Apr 14, 2020
  • Apr 10, 2020 Covid-19: Time to read The Plague? Apr 10, 2020
  • Apr 8, 2020 My OTHER Blog Apr 8, 2020
• March 2020 11
  • Mar 29, 2020 Covid-19: Free resources from Publishers Weekly Mar 29, 2020
  • Mar 28, 2020 Covid-19: Why it's important to carry on writing Mar 28, 2020
  • Mar 27, 2020 PhotoPrompt #27: A robin Mar 27, 2020
  • Mar 26, 2020 Always wear trousers on Skype Mar 26, 2020
  • Mar 24, 2020 PhotoPrompt #26: Rush hour Mar 24, 2020
  • Mar 20, 2020 An unexpected benefit of everything closing Mar 20, 2020
  • Mar 20, 2020 What to listen to while digging holes Mar 20, 2020
  • Mar 17, 2020 Reflections On Covid-19 and Writing: Endings And Some Practical Tips Mar 17, 2020
  • Mar 6, 2020 PhotoPrompt #25: Spitalfields in the rain Mar 6, 2020
  • Mar 5, 2020 World Book Day today -- free books! Mar 5, 2020
  • Mar 3, 2020 Review: Oulipo and Modern Thought Mar 3, 2020
• February 2020 10
  • Feb 28, 2020 Photoprompt #24: Harmonica Feb 28, 2020
  • Feb 23, 2020 Review: Alastair Humphreys' Great Adventurers Feb 23, 2020
  • Feb 19, 2020 Photoprompt #23: Girl and train Feb 19, 2020
  • Feb 18, 2020 The benefits of attending writing courses Feb 18, 2020
  • Feb 17, 2020 Review: The Art of Mindful Reading Feb 17, 2020
  • Feb 17, 2020 Photoprompt #22: View from the Shard Feb 17, 2020
  • Feb 13, 2020 No time to write? Here are 7 things you can do about it Feb 13, 2020
  • Feb 10, 2020 Reflections on a course: Victorian Visions Feb 10, 2020
  • Feb 6, 2020 Book Review: The Norton Anthology of English Literature: The Victorian Age Feb 6, 2020
  • Feb 2, 2020 The Greek Myths, by Robert Graves: A short review Feb 2, 2020
• January 2020 9
  • Jan 29, 2020 The 100 word constraint Jan 29, 2020
  • Jan 28, 2020 I've never written a detective story but... Jan 28, 2020
  • Jan 27, 2020 A short story involving homophonics: the answers Jan 27, 2020
  • Jan 19, 2020 A short story involving homophonics Jan 19, 2020
  • Jan 16, 2020 The London Book Fair 2020 Jan 16, 2020
  • Jan 13, 2020 Sect's Grindstones! The message decoded Jan 13, 2020
  • Jan 10, 2020 12 websites for free illustrations for your articles UPDATED! Jan 10, 2020
  • Jan 6, 2020 Review of the Oulipo Compendium Jan 6, 2020
  • Jan 5, 2020 Happy New Year, and a puzzle Jan 5, 2020
• December 2019 10
  • Dec 31, 2019 Best of 2019 Dec 31, 2019
  • Dec 27, 2019 Using preverbs to break writer's block Dec 27, 2019
  • Dec 18, 2019 A brilliant animated cartoon Dec 18, 2019
  • Dec 17, 2019 Review of The Penguin Book of the Prose Poem Dec 17, 2019
  • Dec 13, 2019 Film Studies as a way to improve your writing Dec 13, 2019
  • Dec 10, 2019 Review of the Penguin Book of Oulipo Dec 10, 2019
  • Dec 10, 2019 Revoke of the Penny Borough of Ourselves Dec 10, 2019
  • Dec 10, 2019 Photoprompt #21: Water under the bridge Dec 10, 2019
  • Dec 4, 2019 ALCS Educational Writers Awards Dec 4, 2019
  • Dec 2, 2019 Good reading for would-be good writers Dec 2, 2019
• November 2019 7
  • Nov 25, 2019 My non-writing writing day Nov 25, 2019
  • Nov 20, 2019 Want to write? Develop a thick skin Nov 20, 2019
  • Nov 19, 2019 Photoprompt #20: steps Nov 19, 2019
  • Nov 18, 2019 12 Ways to get repeat work as a freelance writer Nov 18, 2019
  • Nov 12, 2019 Review: Short-Form Creative Writing Nov 12, 2019
  • Nov 8, 2019 Short story adventures Nov 8, 2019
  • Nov 3, 2019 Utility: AZZCardfile Nov 3, 2019
• October 2019 15
  • Oct 30, 2019 Head in the clouds? Updated Oct 30, 2019
  • Oct 29, 2019 An insane way to keep you focused Updated Oct 29, 2019
  • Oct 27, 2019 Why I reject rejection slips UPDATED Oct 27, 2019
  • Oct 26, 2019 The value of clippings Updated Oct 26, 2019
  • Oct 21, 2019 Photoprompt #19: No photography Oct 21, 2019
  • Oct 20, 2019 A conversation I had which I still don't understand Oct 20, 2019
  • Oct 14, 2019 Should writers aim for unmindfulness? Oct 14, 2019
  • Oct 12, 2019 Photoprompt #18: Bricked-up window Oct 12, 2019
  • Oct 11, 2019 Quick look: Short-form creative writing: a writer's guide and anthology Oct 11, 2019
  • Oct 11, 2019 Turn of phrase Oct 11, 2019
  • Oct 7, 2019 Photoprompt #17: Green light Oct 7, 2019
  • Oct 5, 2019 10 websites for free illustrations for your articles Oct 5, 2019
  • Oct 4, 2019 World Zombie Day Oct 4, 2019
  • Oct 3, 2019 Book review: The Online Journalism Handbook Oct 3, 2019
  • Oct 2, 2019 How to automate your writing schedule with Google Calendar Oct 2, 2019
• September 2019 9
  • Sep 30, 2019 Photoprompt #16: Let's have a haggle Sep 30, 2019
  • Sep 26, 2019 Review: The Story of Paintings Sep 26, 2019
  • Sep 24, 2019 Book review round-up to August 2019 Sep 24, 2019
  • Sep 22, 2019 Photoprompt #13: Southwold Beach Huts Sep 22, 2019
  • Sep 22, 2019 Mind your language (2): A strange sign Sep 22, 2019
  • Sep 22, 2019 PhotoPrompt #15: Lymm Dam Sep 22, 2019
  • Sep 19, 2019 Mind your language (1) Sep 19, 2019
  • Sep 15, 2019 Blogging taster course Sep 15, 2019
  • Sep 15, 2019 The power of the one-sided conversation Sep 15, 2019
• August 2019 14
  • Aug 27, 2019 Maintenance work warning Aug 27, 2019
  • Aug 26, 2019 What I've been listening with: Lindy BNX-60 Bluetooth headphones Aug 26, 2019
  • Aug 24, 2019 Further thoughts on listening to documents on the Kindle Fire Aug 24, 2019
  • Aug 22, 2019 Listening to documents on the Kindle Fire UPDATED Aug 22, 2019
  • Aug 22, 2019 Review of Grammarly -- Updated version Aug 22, 2019
  • Aug 15, 2019 Photoprompt #14: Harmonicas Aug 15, 2019
  • Aug 14, 2019 How to fix a phantom paper jam Aug 14, 2019
  • Aug 12, 2019 How my writing career was nearly finished before it even began Aug 12, 2019
  • Aug 12, 2019 Books unseen: My Name is Why Aug 12, 2019
  • Aug 8, 2019 What I've been reading: Dreyer's English Aug 8, 2019
  • Aug 7, 2019 4 things to do when using your own illustrations on your blog Aug 7, 2019
  • Aug 6, 2019 Two cheers for Jacob Rees-Mogg's Style Guide Aug 6, 2019
  • Aug 6, 2019 7 reasons to use your own illustrations in articles Aug 6, 2019
  • Aug 5, 2019 Photoprompt #18: Time travel is a reality! Aug 5, 2019
• July 2019 9
  • Jul 31, 2019 Review of Writing: Making Your Mark (Exhibition) Jul 31, 2019
  • Jul 30, 2019 The responsibility of the author Jul 30, 2019
  • Jul 28, 2019 How to rework your old articles from print-outs Jul 28, 2019
  • Jul 26, 2019 Book Review: The Writer's Practice Jul 26, 2019
  • Jul 25, 2019 Bad titles Jul 25, 2019
  • Jul 24, 2019 New blogging course Jul 24, 2019
  • Jul 24, 2019 Photoprompt #12: Shoreditch Jul 24, 2019
  • Jul 19, 2019 8 websites for free illustrations for your articles Jul 19, 2019
  • Jul 14, 2019 PhotoPrompt #11: Draconian measures Jul 14, 2019
• June 2019 9
  • Jun 26, 2019 Photoprompt #10: Diplomatic premises Jun 26, 2019
  • Jun 20, 2019 News from the desktop: A room of your own, and the EU Copyright Directive Jun 20, 2019
  • Jun 19, 2019 Prize draw for Dreyer's English coming soon Jun 19, 2019
  • Jun 14, 2019 Book review: Brainstorm Jun 14, 2019
  • Jun 13, 2019 Big news which isn't news: writers' earnings are down Jun 13, 2019
  • Jun 7, 2019 Why students can't write Jun 7, 2019
  • Jun 5, 2019 Prize draw for Dreyer's English! Jun 5, 2019
  • Jun 4, 2019 7 websites for free illustrations for your articles Jun 4, 2019
  • Jun 3, 2019 Notes from the writer's desk: a seminar, a free document, a book and my elbow Jun 3, 2019
• May 2019 8
  • May 31, 2019 David Bowie's advice May 31, 2019
  • May 30, 2019 Book review: Collins Complete Writing Guide May 30, 2019
  • May 29, 2019 Photoprompt #9: Leadenhall May 29, 2019
  • May 28, 2019 Book review: The Business of Being a Writer May 28, 2019
  • May 21, 2019 Have camera will travel May 21, 2019
  • May 9, 2019 7 ways to use your phone's camera May 9, 2019
  • May 7, 2019 A great idea for notes, from James Joyce May 7, 2019
  • May 4, 2019 Be professional: know the legal aspects of being a writer May 4, 2019
• April 2019 13
  • Apr 30, 2019 The writer's day: a graphical representation Apr 30, 2019
  • Apr 26, 2019 Photoprompt #8 Apr 26, 2019
  • Apr 24, 2019 Review of WordCounter Apr 24, 2019
  • Apr 20, 2019 Authors and their rituals Apr 20, 2019
  • Apr 17, 2019 The upside of losing clients: 7 things you can in place of client work Apr 17, 2019
  • Apr 16, 2019 Another kind of book review Apr 16, 2019
  • Apr 14, 2019 Photoprompt #7 Apr 14, 2019
  • Apr 12, 2019 Writing, but not as we know it Apr 12, 2019
  • Apr 9, 2019 Review of a creative nonfiction course Apr 9, 2019
  • Apr 7, 2019 Photoprompt #6: Colonnade, London WC1 Apr 7, 2019
  • Apr 4, 2019 Review of the American Gothic course at the City Lit Apr 4, 2019
  • Apr 4, 2019 Photoprompt #5: Brick Lane Apr 4, 2019
  • Apr 1, 2019 "Negligible" is not a synonym for "small" Apr 1, 2019
• March 2019 10
  • Mar 31, 2019 Photoprompt #4: Audio surveillance Mar 31, 2019
  • Mar 31, 2019 Photoprompt #3 Mar 31, 2019
  • Mar 28, 2019 New books received or bought in March 2019 Mar 28, 2019
  • Mar 27, 2019 How to type upside down Mar 27, 2019
  • Mar 26, 2019 Review: Four books about crosswords Mar 26, 2019
  • Mar 21, 2019 Photoprompt #2 Mar 21, 2019
  • Mar 19, 2019 Love and relationship writing -- same old pap? Mar 19, 2019
  • Mar 18, 2019 Photoprompt #1 Mar 18, 2019
  • Mar 16, 2019 The Most Influential Banned Books Mar 16, 2019
  • Mar 9, 2019 Getting the most out of conferences -- 50% off for one week only Mar 9, 2019
• February 2019 10
  • Feb 28, 2019 Terry Freedman's Books Bulletin Feb 28, 2019
  • Feb 28, 2019 Planning for the London Book Fair 2019 Feb 28, 2019
  • Feb 26, 2019 The Caxton Printing Press in action Feb 26, 2019
  • Feb 23, 2019 Most read articles this week Feb 23, 2019
  • Feb 22, 2019 A Writer's challenge: managing deadlines and projects Feb 22, 2019
  • Feb 20, 2019 10 note-taking apps for writers Feb 20, 2019
  • Feb 18, 2019 The Journalist's Toolkit: From Inspiration to Publication Feb 18, 2019
  • Feb 15, 2019 Book review: Query letters that worked Feb 15, 2019
  • Feb 11, 2019 Will literature as we know it exist in the future? Feb 11, 2019
  • Feb 1, 2019 Book Review: How to make money as a freelance writer Feb 1, 2019
• January 2019 5
  • Jan 29, 2019 Libraries: R.I.P. Jan 29, 2019
  • Jan 27, 2019 Farewell to a brilliant writer Jan 27, 2019
  • Jan 21, 2019 London Book Fair News 2019-01-22 Jan 21, 2019
  • Jan 7, 2019 Book bloggers, bookstagrammers and book tubers Jan 7, 2019
  • Jan 6, 2019 London Book Fair 2018: Freedom to write Jan 6, 2019
• December 2018 2
  • Dec 17, 2018 Being inspired by art Dec 17, 2018
  • Dec 13, 2018 The 2018 Educational Writers' Awards Dec 13, 2018
• October 2018 2
  • Oct 25, 2018 The Poseidon Predicament Oct 25, 2018
  • Oct 22, 2018 Why swearing in writing or speaking is (usually) very ill-judged Oct 22, 2018
• August 2018 4
  • Aug 24, 2018 An interesting literary event Aug 24, 2018
  • Aug 17, 2018 Fast writing tips: forget perfection... Aug 17, 2018
  • Aug 6, 2018 Prose, poetry and blues Aug 6, 2018
  • Aug 6, 2018 Fast writing tips: Repeating yourself Aug 6, 2018
• July 2018 2
  • Jul 20, 2018 Fast writing tips: Keyboard shortcuts Jul 20, 2018
  • Jul 16, 2018 Books and buses Jul 16, 2018
• May 2018 4
  • May 22, 2018 A seminar day for educational writers May 22, 2018
  • May 18, 2018 I'll probably regret this, but... May 18, 2018
  • May 10, 2018 Books I've come across, but not yet read May 10, 2018
  • May 2, 2018 Prize draw for subscribers to my books bulletin May 2, 2018
• April 2018 6
  • Apr 20, 2018 What I'm reading: Dictator Literature Apr 20, 2018
  • Apr 13, 2018 The London Book Fair 2018: initial thoughts Apr 13, 2018
  • Apr 13, 2018 What I've been reading: Something nasty in the slush pile (updated) Apr 13, 2018
  • Apr 10, 2018 What I've been reading: How not to write a novel Apr 10, 2018
  • Apr 9, 2018 7 features of bad writing Apr 9, 2018
  • Apr 3, 2018 The horror of hitting 'Publish' Apr 3, 2018
• March 2018 4
  • Mar 16, 2018 What I'm reading: Why we Sleep Mar 16, 2018
  • Mar 9, 2018 Avoiding all-encompassing words Mar 9, 2018
  • Mar 2, 2018 Bookshops I like: The Brick Lane Bookshop Mar 2, 2018
  • Mar 1, 2018 New books bulletin launched Mar 1, 2018
• February 2018 6
  • Feb 23, 2018 The London Book Fair 2018 Seminar Programme Feb 23, 2018
  • Feb 21, 2018 What I've been reading: Waterhouse on newspaper style Feb 21, 2018
  • Feb 15, 2018 Lists: Bullets or numbers? Feb 15, 2018
  • Feb 14, 2018 Bookshops I like: Hatchards Feb 14, 2018
  • Feb 13, 2018 Book up for the London Book Fair 2018 Feb 13, 2018
  • Feb 12, 2018 No way to treat freelancers Feb 12, 2018
• January 2018 1
  • Jan 3, 2018 Foreword, Preface or Introduction? Jan 3, 2018
• November 2017 1
  • Nov 30, 2017 Review of Baking with Kafka, by Tom Gauld Nov 30, 2017
• October 2017 3
  • Oct 30, 2017 Head in the clouds? Oct 30, 2017
  • Oct 23, 2017 Too tired to write? Oct 23, 2017
  • Oct 3, 2017 Published at last! Oct 3, 2017
• September 2017 2
  • Sep 27, 2017 Can creative writing be taught? Sep 27, 2017
  • Sep 26, 2017 More copyright-free photos Sep 26, 2017
• August 2017 1
  • Aug 11, 2017 My writing/publishing process Aug 11, 2017
• July 2017 1
  • Jul 25, 2017 How to organise your books Jul 25, 2017
• June 2017 1
  • Jun 21, 2017 June 21st: National Writing Day Jun 21, 2017
• May 2017 3
  • May 23, 2017 Getting The Most Out Of Education Conferences -- Now Available On Kobo! May 23, 2017
  • May 20, 2017 Bread and books: Karma Bread, Hampstead, London May 20, 2017
  • May 11, 2017 Review of Dear Reflection May 11, 2017
• April 2017 2
  • Apr 21, 2017 Read a lot, read fast Apr 21, 2017
  • Apr 18, 2017 Freelancing is not a bed of roses Apr 18, 2017
• March 2017 8
  • Mar 31, 2017 The hard sell Mar 31, 2017
  • Mar 27, 2017 National Backup Day Mar 27, 2017
  • Mar 20, 2017 A quick look at Book Report Mar 20, 2017
  • Mar 17, 2017 London Book Fair 2017 Bulletin #3 Mar 17, 2017
  • Mar 16, 2017 London Book Fair 2017 Bulletin #2: Nothing is ever wasted Mar 16, 2017
  • Mar 15, 2017 London Book Fair 2017 Bulletin #1 Mar 15, 2017
  • Mar 13, 2017 The What Works Education Conference at the London Book Fair Mar 13, 2017
  • Mar 12, 2017 5 Ways to guard against losing your work UPDATED Mar 12, 2017
• February 2017 7
  • Feb 28, 2017 What I use for writing: a review of the Kindle Fire Feb 28, 2017
  • Feb 25, 2017 A big problem with iCloud Feb 25, 2017
  • Feb 24, 2017 Writing and maps: some ideas Feb 24, 2017
  • Feb 19, 2017 Everyone needs a special writing day Feb 19, 2017
  • Feb 17, 2017 Amazon streamlines self-publishing Feb 17, 2017
  • Feb 10, 2017 Review of JotterPad, a writing app Feb 10, 2017
  • Feb 2, 2017 Why I like Amazon part 2: as an author Feb 2, 2017
• January 2017 2
  • Jan 23, 2017 Why I like Amazon part 1: as a reader Jan 23, 2017
  • Jan 6, 2017 Self-publishing is a misnomer Jan 6, 2017
• December 2016 3
  • Dec 15, 2016 A universal URL for your Amazon books Dec 15, 2016
  • Dec 12, 2016 London Book Fair 2017: Registration now open Dec 12, 2016
  • Dec 3, 2016 A return to self-publishing Dec 3, 2016
• October 2016 1
  • Oct 21, 2016 Swipe to write Oct 21, 2016
• September 2016 1
  • Sep 14, 2016 5 Minute Tip: A free bulk renaming utility Sep 14, 2016
• August 2016 7
  • Aug 17, 2016 7 useful features of a Kindle Aug 17, 2016
  • Aug 16, 2016 A brief review of the Electric Speed newsletter Aug 16, 2016
  • Aug 15, 2016 5 free and low-cost ebook websites Aug 15, 2016
  • Aug 12, 2016 5 ways that blogging can help your writing business Aug 12, 2016
  • Aug 9, 2016 Are MAs in Creative Writing useful? Aug 9, 2016
  • Aug 7, 2016 Is writing advice any use? Aug 7, 2016
  • Aug 3, 2016 Is bad writing deliberate? Aug 3, 2016
• July 2016 5
  • Jul 27, 2016 Is implementing digital rights management a good idea? Jul 27, 2016
  • Jul 26, 2016 How to scan a document into a pdf file Jul 26, 2016
  • Jul 25, 2016 5 types of book review Jul 25, 2016
  • Jul 15, 2016 Check the readability of your writing Jul 15, 2016
  • Jul 11, 2016 What I've been reading: The Content Code Jul 11, 2016
• June 2016 5
  • Jun 29, 2016 Writing on a netbook Jun 29, 2016
  • Jun 28, 2016 Brexit and authors Jun 28, 2016
  • Jun 27, 2016 5 minute tip: get more from your battery Jun 27, 2016
  • Jun 3, 2016 Decisions, decisions. What to read? Jun 3, 2016
  • Jun 1, 2016 What I'm reading: Write Tight Jun 1, 2016
• May 2016 7
  • May 26, 2016 The Australian Copyright Proposals May 26, 2016
  • May 24, 2016 What I've been reading: Killing Hope May 24, 2016
  • May 20, 2016 Immersive journalism May 20, 2016
  • May 19, 2016 Teachers and writers May 19, 2016
  • May 18, 2016 What I've been reading: Something nasty in the slush pile May 18, 2016
  • May 17, 2016 What I've been reading: Borges May 17, 2016
  • May 4, 2016 3 minute inspiration: empty benches May 4, 2016
• April 2016 5
  • Apr 30, 2016 5 minute tip: Using a spell-checker Apr 30, 2016
  • Apr 12, 2016 Notes from the London Book Fair 2016 #1 Apr 12, 2016
  • Apr 12, 2016 7 Things that every serious blogger should do Apr 12, 2016
  • Apr 4, 2016 The joy of monochrome Apr 4, 2016
  • Apr 2, 2016 Monochrome pictures and the writer: a heads-up Apr 2, 2016
• March 2016 7
  • Mar 31, 2016 4 things that writers must do Mar 31, 2016
  • Mar 4, 2016 A resource base and more for writers Mar 4, 2016
  • Mar 3, 2016 Technology at the London Book Fair 2016 Mar 3, 2016
  • Mar 3, 2016 The London Book Fair 2016 Mar 3, 2016
  • Mar 2, 2016 An experiment in creating a news feed on the Writers' Know-how website Mar 2, 2016
  • Mar 2, 2016 Are publishers starting to listen? Mar 2, 2016
  • Mar 2, 2016 John Steinbeck's advice to writers Mar 2, 2016
• February 2016 8
  • Feb 26, 2016 How I learnt to stop worrying and love the blog Feb 26, 2016
  • Feb 24, 2016 A laptop charging tip Feb 24, 2016
  • Feb 16, 2016 The Carrot2 Search Engine Feb 16, 2016
  • Feb 14, 2016 What I've been reading Feb 14, 2016
  • Feb 11, 2016 Good reading for writers Feb 11, 2016
  • Feb 8, 2016 2 strategies and 6 online resources for finding the right words Feb 8, 2016
  • Feb 5, 2016 Quick look: Publishing 101 by Jane Friedman Feb 5, 2016
  • Feb 3, 2016 An insane way to keep you focused Feb 3, 2016
• January 2016 8
  • Jan 17, 2016 Review of How to make a living with your writing Jan 17, 2016
  • Jan 15, 2016 E-reading vs p-reading: your brain knows the difference Jan 15, 2016
  • Jan 14, 2016 Should book reviews be detailed or concise? Jan 14, 2016
  • Jan 13, 2016 Guffpedia: a welcome addition to websites for writers Jan 13, 2016
  • Jan 12, 2016 "Driving" should be driven out! Jan 12, 2016
  • Jan 7, 2016 The ultimate beginner's guide to writing essays Jan 7, 2016
  • Jan 4, 2016 Review of Grammarly -- and a competition Jan 4, 2016
  • Jan 3, 2016 10 ways to find illustrations for your writing projects Jan 3, 2016
• December 2015 6
  • Dec 29, 2015 7 characteristics of good writers Dec 29, 2015
  • Dec 26, 2015 The perils of writing software manuals Dec 26, 2015
  • Dec 22, 2015 Review of Help! for Writers Dec 22, 2015
  • Dec 21, 2015 Getting paid is nice too! Dec 21, 2015
  • Dec 15, 2015 Review of Discoverability Dec 15, 2015
  • Dec 1, 2015 The place where I like to write Dec 1, 2015
• November 2015 2
  • Nov 24, 2015 A self-referential autobiography Nov 24, 2015
  • Nov 12, 2015 The anatomy of the perfect blog post Nov 12, 2015
• October 2015 4
  • Oct 30, 2015 8 useful books for writers Oct 30, 2015
  • Oct 9, 2015 Success! Oct 9, 2015
  • Oct 9, 2015 We’re moving… Oct 9, 2015
  • Oct 2, 2015 7 ways to manage technical support for writers Oct 2, 2015
• August 2015 3
  • Aug 25, 2015 Reflections on writing and technology Aug 25, 2015
  • Aug 20, 2015 5 Ways to further your writing project when you can’t work on it directly Aug 20, 2015
  • Aug 11, 2015 7 ways to tackle writing a book when you need to write articles too Aug 11, 2015
• July 2015 3
  • Jul 30, 2015 How to make a living from writing: new video series Jul 30, 2015
  • Jul 28, 2015 The Writing Machine (Patent Pending) Jul 28, 2015
  • Jul 24, 2015 7 Ways to improve your writing Jul 24, 2015
• June 2015 3
  • Jun 23, 2015 Thoughts on Amazon’s new royalties system Jun 23, 2015
  • Jun 22, 2015 How to display your word count Jun 22, 2015
  • Jun 2, 2015 My Scrivener Dashboard Jun 2, 2015
• May 2015 6
  • May 31, 2015 Freelancing vs authoring Part 2: Authoring May 31, 2015
  • May 20, 2015 Review of 30 Day Blogging Challenge by Nikki Pilkington May 20, 2015
  • May 18, 2015 Review of Polish Your Fiction May 18, 2015
  • May 13, 2015 Freelancing vs authoring Part 1 May 13, 2015
  • May 6, 2015 5 reasons that writers should use spreadsheets May 6, 2015
  • May 4, 2015 Money, Money, Money May 4, 2015
• April 2015 6
  • Apr 28, 2015 2000AD ditches DRM Apr 28, 2015
  • Apr 23, 2015 Reflections on the London Book Fair 2015 Apr 23, 2015
  • Apr 22, 2015 What do writers earn? Apr 22, 2015
  • Apr 15, 2015 More notes from the London Book Fair 2015 Apr 15, 2015
  • Apr 15, 2015 Notes from the London Book Fair 2015 Apr 15, 2015
  • Apr 7, 2015 A self-publishing journey: laying the foundations Apr 7, 2015
• March 2015 8
  • Mar 29, 2015 A self-publishing journey: book covers and current “conventional” wisdom Mar 29, 2015
  • Mar 23, 2015 Antivirus Blues Mar 23, 2015
  • Mar 19, 2015 A Self-publishing journey: Is Digital Rights Management effective against piracy? Mar 19, 2015
  • Mar 18, 2015 A Self-publishing journey: Why self-publishing? Mar 18, 2015
  • Mar 16, 2015 A self-publishing journey: what IS self-publishing? Mar 16, 2015
  • Mar 15, 2015 A Self-publishing journey Mar 15, 2015
  • Mar 12, 2015 Review of Business for Authors: How to be an author entrepreneur, by Joanna Penn Mar 12, 2015
  • Mar 2, 2015 4 Reasons to get published Mar 2, 2015
• February 2015 3
  • Feb 27, 2015 Review of the History and Art of Comic Books Feb 27, 2015
  • Feb 24, 2015 Playing with context Feb 24, 2015
  • Feb 23, 2015 The hidden costs of EU VAT law to readers Feb 23, 2015
• January 2015 1
  • Jan 4, 2015 The get-rich-quick itch Jan 4, 2015
• December 2014 7
  • Dec 31, 2014 Backing up your Wordpress blog Dec 31, 2014
  • Dec 30, 2014 How to win the Booker Prize Dec 30, 2014
  • Dec 29, 2014 Backing up your Blogger blog Dec 29, 2014
  • Dec 28, 2014 Backing up your website or blog Dec 28, 2014
  • Dec 26, 2014 Converting text into ebooks Dec 26, 2014
  • Dec 25, 2014 Christmas Greetings! Dec 25, 2014
  • Dec 3, 2014 Websites for Writers: Writer Beware Dec 3, 2014
• November 2014 4
  • Nov 8, 2014 Handwriting fonts revisited Nov 8, 2014
  • Nov 7, 2014 Handwriting on the web Nov 7, 2014
  • Nov 4, 2014 Victorian Humour Nov 4, 2014
  • Nov 3, 2014 Current reading: Books for Authors Nov 3, 2014
• September 2014 2
  • Sep 4, 2014 Review of Your Creative Writing Masterclass Sep 4, 2014
  • Sep 2, 2014 Why you need a proofreader Sep 2, 2014
• August 2014 4
  • Aug 22, 2014 What acting taught me about public speaking Aug 22, 2014
  • Aug 19, 2014 The joy of comics Aug 19, 2014
  • Aug 6, 2014 Should you speak for free? Aug 6, 2014
  • Aug 4, 2014 3 Reasons that non-fiction authors should speak Aug 4, 2014
• July 2014 5
  • Jul 31, 2014 Should you write for free? 8 considerations. Jul 31, 2014
  • Jul 29, 2014 Further thoughts on using Word for Desktop Publishing: Frames Jul 29, 2014
  • Jul 9, 2014 Further thoughts on using Word for Desktop Publishing: Text Boxes Jul 9, 2014
  • Jul 7, 2014 The point of pointless writing Jul 7, 2014
  • Jul 6, 2014 People in a station Jul 6, 2014
• April 2014 5
  • Apr 26, 2014 Using Scrivener for blogging Apr 26, 2014
  • Apr 18, 2014 5 reasons for using Scrivener for writing books Apr 18, 2014
  • Apr 8, 2014 Second-hand ebooks Apr 8, 2014
  • Apr 6, 2014 Using Word for desktop publishing Apr 6, 2014
  • Apr 3, 2014 The trials and tribulations of blogging as a SWOT analysis Apr 3, 2014
• March 2014 1
  • Mar 26, 2014 Tesco’s gets into ebooks Mar 26, 2014
• February 2014 3
  • Feb 22, 2014 Ideas for making your blog work for you Feb 22, 2014
  • Feb 7, 2014 What are your top tips for ebook cover design? Feb 7, 2014
  • Feb 2, 2014 Let's think about ebook cover design Feb 2, 2014
• January 2014 3
  • Jan 28, 2014 National story-telling week Jan 28, 2014
  • Jan 16, 2014 4 ways that Spark London is good for writers Jan 16, 2014
  • Jan 6, 2014 Typewriter art Jan 6, 2014
• December 2013 3
  • Dec 23, 2013 Consumers don’t want interactive ebooks Dec 23, 2013
  • Dec 11, 2013 Is it possible to write better if you write faster? Dec 11, 2013
  • Dec 9, 2013 Organising yourself Dec 9, 2013
• November 2013 2
  • Nov 23, 2013 100 landmarks of English Nov 23, 2013
  • Nov 1, 2013 Discovering Sherman Alexie Nov 1, 2013
• October 2013 5
  • Oct 16, 2013 Bash first, craft later Oct 16, 2013
  • Oct 8, 2013 Writing a book as a blog Oct 8, 2013
  • Oct 4, 2013 The key criterion of a writer’s success Oct 4, 2013
  • Oct 2, 2013 7 Key Characteristics of Successful Writers Oct 2, 2013
  • Oct 1, 2013 7 Attributes of Enjoyable Writing Oct 1, 2013
• September 2013 2
  • Sep 27, 2013 Mind your language! Fork Handles Sep 27, 2013
  • Sep 10, 2013 Mind your language! Crosswordese Sep 10, 2013
• August 2013 8
  • Aug 30, 2013 Technology-inspired words are definitely buzzworthy! Aug 30, 2013
  • Aug 26, 2013 Do writers need to be able to spell? Aug 26, 2013
  • Aug 23, 2013 Mind your language! Aug 23, 2013
  • Aug 23, 2013 A Writer’s Reference Toolkit: Quotations Aug 23, 2013
  • Aug 18, 2013 The biggest bookshop in England Aug 18, 2013
  • Aug 16, 2013 Just so you know… Aug 16, 2013
  • Aug 14, 2013 A Writer’s Reference Toolkit: Style Guides Aug 14, 2013
  • Aug 5, 2013 A Writer’s Reference Toolkit: Thesauruses Aug 5, 2013
• July 2013 7
  • Jul 26, 2013 A Writer’s Reference Toolkit: Dictionaries Jul 26, 2013
  • Jul 25, 2013 A writer’s Reference toolkit: What? Jul 25, 2013
  • Jul 24, 2013 A writer’s Reference toolkit: Why? Jul 24, 2013
  • Jul 22, 2013 Combining different versions of a document Jul 22, 2013
  • Jul 18, 2013 Writing advice from 1937 Jul 18, 2013
  • Jul 16, 2013 A writer’s word processor Jul 16, 2013
  • Jul 15, 2013 Ccleaner to the rescue Jul 15, 2013
• June 2013 5
  • Jun 28, 2013 The best laid plans and all that Jun 28, 2013
  • Jun 10, 2013 A brief review of Word Hippo Jun 10, 2013
  • Jun 7, 2013 Yesterday Jun 7, 2013
  • Jun 5, 2013 How to create a magazine cover Jun 5, 2013
  • Jun 4, 2013 The power of habit Jun 4, 2013
• May 2013 9
  • May 26, 2013 Making use of your photographs May 26, 2013
  • May 25, 2013 Blogging software May 25, 2013
  • May 24, 2013 Alternatives to Google Reader May 24, 2013
  • May 22, 2013 From Paper to Computer May 22, 2013
  • May 17, 2013 4 reasons to work with pen and paper May 17, 2013
  • May 15, 2013 No excuse for poor spelling May 15, 2013
  • May 13, 2013 How competent a writer are you? May 13, 2013
  • May 8, 2013 Review of FocusWriter May 8, 2013
  • May 7, 2013 The pregnant moment May 7, 2013
• January 2013 2
  • Jan 6, 2013 How to incorporate media into your blog or website Jan 6, 2013
  • Jan 3, 2013 How to create a blog Jan 3, 2013
• December 2012 4
  • Dec 31, 2012 How to recover lost files Dec 31, 2012
  • Dec 27, 2012 7 reasons writers should blog Dec 27, 2012
  • Dec 26, 2012 How to convert videos to audio files Dec 26, 2012
  • Dec 25, 2012 How to remove Babylon from your Firefox browser Dec 25, 2012
• November 2012 2
  • Nov 2, 2012 Using your phone’s camera Nov 2, 2012
  • Nov 1, 2012 Digital Writing Month Nov 1, 2012
• July 2012 1
  • Jul 2, 2012 Blogging from Word Jul 2, 2012
• June 2012 6
  • Jun 26, 2012 Using the right search engine Jun 26, 2012
  • Jun 25, 2012 Everyone wants to be an author Jun 25, 2012
  • Jun 24, 2012 Inheriting ebooks Jun 24, 2012
  • Jun 21, 2012 A nightmare scenario Jun 21, 2012
  • Jun 20, 2012 Keeping track of time Jun 20, 2012
  • Jun 19, 2012 Finding something to write about Jun 19, 2012
• February 2012 2
  • Feb 29, 2012 Automatic writing Feb 29, 2012
  • Feb 24, 2012 Tweeting, blogging and self-publishing ebooks Feb 24, 2012
• December 2011 6
  • Dec 30, 2011 Something of interest 12/30/2011 (p.m.) Dec 30, 2011
  • Dec 26, 2011 Books vs e-books Dec 26, 2011
  • Dec 23, 2011 21st Century Writing Dec 23, 2011
  • Dec 15, 2011 Evaluation of Find That File Dec 15, 2011
  • Dec 14, 2011 Managing four diaries Dec 14, 2011
  • Dec 13, 2011 A week to remember Dec 13, 2011
• November 2011 9
  • Nov 30, 2011 Review of 30 Day Blogging Challenge, written by Nikki Pilkington Nov 30, 2011
  • Nov 29, 2011 Review of Problogger’s Guide To Blogging For Your Business Nov 29, 2011
  • Nov 28, 2011 Something of interest 11/28/2011 (a.m.) Nov 28, 2011
  • Nov 26, 2011 Using Google for Article Ideas Nov 26, 2011
  • Nov 24, 2011 4 Ways to Write Quickly Nov 24, 2011
  • Nov 20, 2011 How to make your web pages text-reader friendly Nov 20, 2011
  • Nov 15, 2011 Something of interest 11/15/2011 Nov 15, 2011
  • Nov 4, 2011 Mind your language Nov 4, 2011
  • Nov 1, 2011 Making your email links more user-friendly Nov 1, 2011
• October 2011 6
  • Oct 31, 2011 Do exercise, be creative Oct 31, 2011
  • Oct 30, 2011 8 Rules for writers Oct 30, 2011
  • Oct 27, 2011 Why I reject rejection slips Oct 27, 2011
  • Oct 26, 2011 The value of clippings Oct 26, 2011
  • Oct 25, 2011 Something of interest 10/25/2011 Oct 25, 2011
  • Oct 23, 2011 How to store clippings Oct 23, 2011
• May 2011 4
  • May 31, 2011 The future of journalism May 31, 2011
  • May 28, 2011 My blackberry isn’t working: technology and language May 28, 2011
  • May 24, 2011 Some of my reference books May 24, 2011
  • May 5, 2011 The basic rule of blog headlines May 5, 2011
• April 2011 1
  • Apr 12, 2011 Brevity definitely IS the soul of wit Apr 12, 2011
• March 2011 4
  • Mar 14, 2011 More on self-publishing Mar 14, 2011
  • Mar 13, 2011 Top tips from a self-publisher Mar 13, 2011
  • Mar 9, 2011 Language as a window into human nature Mar 9, 2011
  • Mar 7, 2011 Integrity, journalism and PR Mar 7, 2011
• February 2011 7
  • Feb 26, 2011 Good news: you can succeed as a bad writer, apparently Feb 26, 2011
  • Feb 14, 2011 Bad headlines Feb 14, 2011
  • Feb 13, 2011 4 Reasons to get published Feb 13, 2011
  • Feb 6, 2011 How to find all articles in a series quickly Feb 6, 2011
  • Feb 5, 2011 10 attributes of professional writers -- #10: Ask for permission to quote Feb 5, 2011
  • Feb 4, 2011 10 attributes of professional writers -- #9: Keep a record of sources Feb 4, 2011
  • Feb 2, 2011 10 attributes of professional writers -- #8: Pitch to the right outlet Feb 2, 2011
• January 2011 1
  • Jan 2, 2011 10 attributes of professional writers -- #7: Research properly Jan 2, 2011
• December 2010 22
  • Dec 24, 2010 Self-publishing Dec 24, 2010
  • Dec 23, 2010 10 attributes of professional writers -- #6: Proofread properly Dec 23, 2010
  • Dec 22, 2010 Tools For the Writer Dec 22, 2010
  • Dec 21, 2010 10 attributes of professional writers -- #5: Send professional emails Dec 21, 2010
  • Dec 21, 2010 Using video for creative writing Dec 21, 2010
  • Dec 21, 2010 10 attributes of professional writers -- #4: Make it readable Dec 21, 2010
  • Dec 20, 2010 Review of the Kodak Zx1 Pocket Camcorder Dec 20, 2010
  • Dec 19, 2010 Using Twitter for creative writing Dec 19, 2010
  • Dec 18, 2010 We don’t need no rules of grammar Dec 18, 2010
  • Dec 17, 2010 23 rules for writers Dec 17, 2010
  • Dec 17, 2010 10 attributes of professional writers – #3: Meet the deadline Dec 17, 2010
  • Dec 14, 2010 A new Facebook page and a new newsletter Dec 14, 2010
  • Dec 14, 2010 My blogging toolkit Dec 14, 2010
  • Dec 13, 2010 10 attributes of professional writers – #2: Work to exact word count Dec 13, 2010
  • Dec 11, 2010 How to write an article in 30 minutes or less Dec 11, 2010
  • Dec 10, 2010 10 attributes of professional writers – #1: Get paid! Dec 10, 2010
  • Dec 9, 2010 Photography and creative writing Dec 9, 2010
  • Dec 8, 2010 Research Sites for Writers: Refdesk Dec 8, 2010
  • Dec 7, 2010 Is randomness useful? Dec 7, 2010
  • Dec 6, 2010 Research Sites for Writers: Creative Commons Dec 6, 2010
  • Dec 5, 2010 Paperback Writer Dec 5, 2010
  • Dec 5, 2010 Research Sites for Writers: Ask Dec 5, 2010
• November 2010 9
  • Nov 25, 2010 How To Write An Online Review Nov 25, 2010
  • Nov 25, 2010 Research Sites for Writers: Collecta Nov 25, 2010
  • Nov 24, 2010 Making Notes On Websites Nov 24, 2010
  • Nov 24, 2010 Research Sites for Writers: Bing Nov 24, 2010
  • Nov 23, 2010 How To Eliminate Distractions Nov 23, 2010
  • Nov 22, 2010 Publishing Posers: The Acquisitions Editor Nov 22, 2010
  • Nov 22, 2010 Research Sites for Writers: Addictomatic Nov 22, 2010
  • Nov 13, 2010 Tech Support Nov 13, 2010
  • Nov 2, 2010 13 Things You Didn’t Know About Word: Repeating Yourself Nov 2, 2010
• October 2010 14
  • Oct 29, 2010 13 Things You Didn’t Know About Word: Sorting Oct 29, 2010
  • Oct 23, 2010 13 Things You Didn’t Know About Word: Erase Formatting Oct 23, 2010
  • Oct 21, 2010 13 Things You Didn’t Know About Word: Properties Oct 21, 2010
  • Oct 18, 2010 13 Things You Didn’t Know About Word: AutoCorrect Oct 18, 2010
  • Oct 16, 2010 13 Things You Didn’t Know About Word: AutoSave Oct 16, 2010
  • Oct 14, 2010 13 Things You Didn’t Know About Word: Commenting Oct 14, 2010
  • Oct 12, 2010 Clear Communication Oct 12, 2010
  • Oct 10, 2010 How Tech-Savvy Are You? Oct 10, 2010
  • Oct 9, 2010 Have Bottle, Will Travel Oct 9, 2010
  • Oct 9, 2010 Have Digicam, Will Travel Oct 9, 2010
  • Oct 9, 2010 13 Things You Didn’t Know About Word: Reviewing Oct 9, 2010
  • Oct 6, 2010 13 Things You Didn’t Know About Word: Comparing Documents Oct 6, 2010
  • Oct 4, 2010 13 Things You Didn’t Know About Word: Table of Contents Oct 4, 2010
  • Oct 3, 2010 13 Things You Didn’t Know About Word: Outlining Oct 3, 2010
• September 2010 5
  • Sep 30, 2010 13 Things You Didn't Know About Word: Paragraph Styles Sep 30, 2010
  • Sep 30, 2010 How To Write Upside Down On a Computer Sep 30, 2010
  • Sep 27, 2010 13 Things You Didn't Know About Word: Random Text Sep 27, 2010
  • Sep 26, 2010 13 Things You Didn’t Know About Word Sep 26, 2010
  • Sep 12, 2010 Review of The Well-Fed Writer Sep 12, 2010