Sometimes the grammar of the situation eludes even the best of us.
Check out Grammar girl for those days when objects are subjective and you want to use hyphens.
And asterisks
Oooh and parentheses!
Where should I put a comma?
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The Writer’s Digest
A writer’s magazine that covers all the bases. The home page is cluttered with the usual sales pitches and courses but there are a couple of gems and on the right hand side the words we love to see as starving writers
“Free downloadable content”
Never pay for knowledge someone will give you gratis.
http://www.writersdigest.com
Pencil Tax
From the first of March 2013 the British Government will be instituting a new Pencil Tax as part of the new Green Deal scheme. The Tax will be implemented alongside other energy saving measures in a bid to maintain a healthy Ecosystem.
A spokesman for the initiative states
” we hope to prevent the destruction of our planets’s resources and any suggestion that we wish to control writers is seriously overblown. I think you will find our present predicament is the fault of previous administrations.”
Something for the Ladies
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A writing magazine and website with opportunities for contributors.
Some useful information and an interesting perspective.
Only for the girls!
Inspiration for writers
If you are looking for inspiration as a writer you might like to try
Jeff Goins takes you through his personal journey towards becoming a writer. Full of hints tips and inspiration, Jeff is an authority on developing a platform to sell your work.
Think Easter
Happy Easter to those who celebrate! A Happy Chocolate day to those who partake. It is a holy day so I am obviously going to talk to you about my religion…
Vocabulary.
There is never a bad time to learn more. Why not, list all of the words you can think of relating to Easter. You will surprise yourself.
Now find a thesaurus and learn a new one!
Q. What if I don’t like dinosaurs?
A. Dictionaries are also really useful
Happy Egg/word hunting
Camp Nanowrimo
The creators of National Novel Writing Month have spread their craziness to the Spring. Now you can get witty with a word count during April and again I think in July. The joy of camp as opposed to November Nano is the self imposed word limit. Anything from 100 words to 100,000.
Actually I think the limit is 999,999 but no one who wishes to remain sane tries that in a month! Check out the Nanowrimo website or google Camp Nanowrimo and jump in. The water’s lovely.
The Creative Penn
Resources for writers are notoriously patchy in quality on the web. I recommend everyone visits Joanna Penn at the creative Penn for useful and up to date information about all aspects of writing and publishing.
Writer’s block
For a lesson in how to cultivate the joy of writing, you can do no better than view the lectures available on YouTube by the late great Ray Bradbury. If you ever wondered how to tap into your subconscious mind take a tip and listen to the best.
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