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To read or to write\ title=53

To read or to write

Confining ourselves to the world of published fiction, let us ask the question: Are there more readers than writers in this world? One would imagine that indeed would be the case. As in many fields of...

2 comments    books fiction write
English Dictionaries, Thesauruses and Usage Guides –\ title=62

English Dictionaries, Thesauruses and Usage Guides –

A dictionary is always a great asset for a writer and, for that matter, for any practitioner of a language. Despite the availability of a number of online dictionaries, I have accumulated a decent collection...

3 comments    words dictionary collins cobuild
Pen-Dependent - a Poem\ title=52

Pen-Dependent - a Poem

As I put the pen back to paper, it sucked in all that's written, in an angry, reproachful inhalation, and twiddled between my fingers, demanding manumission. Run me along, it tells me, or leave me alone....

3 comments    poem paper pen
The Wonderful Women Novelists\ title=63

The Wonderful Women Novelists

Years ago, I discovered that my fiction reading consisted largely of novels by men. Well, Agatha Christie has always been my favourite, but she was one among the few exceptions. I decided to right the...

5 comments    reading book sea glass pd james
Here’s to Original Quotes, Cheers!\ title=62

Here’s to Original Quotes, Cheers!

Reading a fellow hubber’s (St James) compilation of quotes, I said to myself why not pen some original ones and also ask others to have a shot at it. After all, it is through expressing ourselves on myriad...

9 comments    love business friends
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