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Just before I trotted off to the library this lunchtime, I casually mentioned to a friend (and fellow writer) that I didn’t have a clue what the subject of my blog was going to be today. We started talking about how many days were left on my writing challenge and what I was going to do … Continue reading
When a work colleague asked me if I had blogged about the difference between third person closed and third person unlimited (omniscient), I wasn’t really sure what he was talking about. My first reaction was to look up the word omniscient itself which I now know means “all knowing”. This inspired me to write Note 251 The prefix omni and related words a couple of days … Continue reading
According to Oxford Dictionaries.com, prefixes and suffixes are not words in their own right but a group of letters added to the beginning and end of other words to form new ones. Prefixes such as omni- and un- can be placed at the beginning of bus and cover to make omnibus and uncover, whereas suffixes such as -able and -ise can be placed at the end … Continue reading
I came across the word omniscient today which is not a word I’ve seen before, but once I started my research I realised that there are many words that begin with omni. So, I’ll begin with that definition. Omni- (the combining form of the Latin word omnis) means ‘all’ or ‘every’ according to Wikipedia and is used to form compound words such … Continue reading
Thank you Amy Marie The Literary Mom for nominating me for a Kreativ Blogger Award! It’s such a great feeling and I am honored that you picked me as one of your six. I’m so pleased that you find my writing tips useful. The Kreativ blogger award rules are: 1. Share 10 things about yourself that readers might … Continue reading
Although I have the material to put into an ebook, I’ve never actually looked into how I would create one. There are so many people out there selling ebooks via their websites, or offering them as free downloads in exchange for subscribing. There is also a lot of information online on how easy it is to create an ebook – … Continue reading
As a project manager by day and a writer by night, I spend a lot of time on the computer (mixture of desktop and laptop sessions) which results in head and neck aches. What I’ve noticed over the Christmas period is that these symptoms seem to have gone away, which is interesting to me as I have … Continue reading
When I used the phrase beck and call in Have you Asked for Time to Yourself? (one of my other blogs), I made a mental note that I was going to define it at some point, and find out a little bit more about its origin. According to usingenglish.com, a person who is at your beck and call is “someone who does everything for … Continue reading
Does your blog or site make someone’s life better? This morning when I was thinking about what my website gives others, I opened an email from Sonia Simone, co-founder of Copyblogger.com about the source of authority*. What I found interesting as I read on, was their explanation that “authority is about more than attention … it’s about a … Continue reading
Unless you absolutely have to start your goals or resolutions on January 1st (which most of us don’t) why not choose a different starting point? Why not make yours January 15th or a completely different month to give yourself a bit more time for ideas to form? This way you are more likely to stick to them. Anyway, “according to statistics, … Continue reading
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