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I decided that today was going to be the day that I learnt how to add a free online Flickr image to my blog. Before going straight to the Flickr website, I typed in ‘Free blog photos’ in Google which brought back 995 million results. The article that caught my eye was called Top 6 Sites to Find … Continue reading
Since my post on 3 November (Note 187: How Writers Can Get More Followers on Twitter) I have managed to get an handful of additional followers. Although there is probably nothing wrong with adding 80 or so people that I hadn’t chosen to follow individually, I felt a little uncomfortable with the process, so (being a goody goody) I decided … Continue reading
A work colleague emailed me today with this scenario: ‘In doing so’ versus ‘In so doing’ – which is better or grammatically correct? Or is it the use of old fashioned language to use the latter? Before researching, my immediate thought was that ‘in doing so’ sounds better, but after a quick glance at some forums both … Continue reading
There are two online dictionaries that I have found useful when trying to work out how to pronounce something. Howjsay.com is “a free online dictionary of English pronunciation” with 151,299 entries (as at the time of writing). After you’ve typed in your word, it appears in pink – you then hover your mouse over the word and an … Continue reading
Today’s suggestion for a writing topic comes from Noel Walker, founder of OpenLeaf and author of Get the Life you Want (Twitter @GTLYW). The suggestion he tweeted was “what about something on the lines of writers block i.e. just start writing, anything & allow those inspired thoughts to come?”. Thanks Noel. I don’t recall ever having writer’s block as such, but … Continue reading
Whether you are writing for yourself or others, it really helps if you enjoy what you are writing about. Since I was four I’ve mostly written for myself – diaries, journals, notes etc. In more recent years, my writing focus has changed and although I still keep personal journals, I also love writing for others (on … Continue reading
You are about to post your blog and you realise that you haven’t categorised it. You look to see what your most used categories are and click the same old ones. Many posts later, you realise that you haven’t quite categorised them correctly. What do you do, especially when you have got nearly 200 on there? In case … Continue reading
Six months ago I set up my writing notebook blog and the challenge that began on 1st May 2011 was for me to learn a new writing tip every day for a year and blog about it to teach others. I’m now half way there and determined to continue. What I have achieved in this time I feel that I’ve … Continue reading
Here are a few facts about the word viz (source: Wiktionary.org and Wikipedia.org): It is an adverb and abbreviation meaning ‘namely’ It comes from the Latin word videlicet. Wiktionary states that “the ‘z’ [in viz] was originally not a letter but a common Middle Latin scribal abbreviation that was used for -et“. When reading it in a … Continue reading
I have so much work on at the moment with my main job and my freelance writing career, that I sometimes struggle to work out what would be the best use of my time. Maybe it will help if I lay all my ‘freelance writing tasks’ on the table in a list: I set myself the challenge … Continue reading
My Writing Notebook 