These rules are collected from William Safire’s October 7 and November 4, 1979 “On Language” columns in The New York Times: Remember to never split an infinitive. A preposition is something never to end a sentence with. The passive voice should never be used. Avoid run-on sentences they are hard to read. Don’t use…
Articles from August 2018
Conference week
Every year I head off to the Romance Writers of Australia conference in August. This is that week. I always see the conference as a “recharge of my writing well”. I meet up with friends who I only get to see face to face each year in August and attend workshops with “aha” moments and…
My Excuse Monday
Poking fun at the but in all of us… Reprinted with permission of Sam Morrison
Left Brain versus Right Brain
For years scientists have said there is a difference between the functions of our right and left hemisphere’s in our brains. As the text in the image below says… LEFT: I am the left brain. I am a scientist. A mathematician. I love the familiar. I categorise. I am accurate. Linear. Analytical. Strategic. I am…
My Excuse Monday
Poking fun at the but in all of us… Reprinted with permission of Sam Morrison