29
Jun
2017
A free eBook to attract readers to buy ‘book 2’ can work – so why have I only done it once? What were the turn-offs, are there solutions, and just what did that one author do that saw me going on to buy her next two books?
31
May
2017
It's one thing to standardise spelling to local norms, it's quite another to edit out the writer's ‘voice’. Is the routine editing of fiction into American English for the US market the 'dark side' of editing?
26
Apr
2017
Some of his word choices were so odd I was totally flummoxed as what actual word should be used....yet strangely, the piece flowed...
23
Mar
2017
An article suggesting you stuff your website's image description boxes with search keywords? Obviously the writer had never sat in front of a computer, blindfolded, and relied on a screen reader...
28
Feb
2017
Lots of websites poke fun at bad grammar. Funny yes, but I also suffer a twinge of guilt laughing at someone else's expense. So, it was refreshing to come across a ‘grammar’ story with a feel-good vibe. A story where the loser was petty bureaucracy and the underdog triumphed.
18
Jan
2017
If I didn’t have the photo, and wanted to describe my cat, I would say he is a large, fluffy, silver-tabby cat, and by ordering the adjectives as I have, I have unconsciously followed the grammatical rule as to the order of adjectives.