Finding the #Write #Words? No. 20: New Hart’s Rules

On 28/02/202028/02/2020 By stuartakenIn Author, Book, Creative Writer, Grammar, Reading, Review, Word Choice8 Comments

Continuing the description of books on words and language listed in the introductory post, which you’ll find here. Book 20: New Hart’s Rules: Hardback, 464 pages. Subtitled, The Oxford Style Guide, it was first published in 2005 by Oxford University Press. Mine is the 2014 edition and I paid £14.99 for it. The book is …

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Finding the #Write #Words? No. 19: Longman Companion to English Literature

On 21/02/202025/02/2020 By stuartakenIn Author, Book, Creative Writer, Grammar, Reading, Review, Word Choice

Continuing the description of books on words and language listed in the introductory post, which you’ll find here. Book 19: Longman Companion to English Literature: Paperback, 889 pages. Carrying occasional line drawings and black and white photographs, it was first published in 1972 by Longman Group Ltd. Mine is the 1980 edition and I don’t …

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Periphery, by Michael Winter: #BookReview.

On 18/02/2020 By stuartakenIn Author, Book, Creative Writer, Fiction, Reading, Review

383 pages First Contact Science Fiction/Horror Tense. Taut. Engaging. Absorbing. It happens to all of us, and those with imagination are especially vulnerable: the situation and/or location carry some element of unfamiliarity. There, in the shadows under the tree, near the open gate, behind the stone wall, we see, or think we see, from the …

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When Your #SciFi Predictions Come True!

On 15/02/202015/02/2020 By stuartakenIn Author, Book, Creative Writer, Fiction4 Comments

When I wrote The Methuselah Strain, one of my major themes was the influence of sex robots on the human population; in particular, the dangers involved in employing such robots fitted with Artificial Intelligence. Now scientists have decided to voice and share their own fears in this regard. It’s really rather gratifying when you discover …

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Finding the #Write #Words? No. 18: i before e (except after c)

On 14/02/2020 By stuartakenIn Author, Book, Creative Writer, Grammar, Reading, Review, Word Choice2 Comments

Continuing the description of books on words listed in the introductory post, which you’ll find here. Book 18: i before e (except after c): Hardback, 175 pages. Subtitled ‘old-school ways to remember stuff’, and carrying occasional line drawing illustrations, it was first published in 2007 by Michael O’Mara Books Ltd. I paid £9.99 for it …

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Finding the #Write #Words? No. 17: Hartrampf’s Vocabulary Builder

On 07/02/202004/02/2020 By stuartakenIn Author, Book, Creative Writer, Grammar, Reading, Review, Word Choice3 Comments

Continuing the description of books on words listed in the introductory post, which you’ll find here. Book 17: Hartrampf’s Vocabulary Builder: Hardback, 516 pages, including a substantial index. It was first published in the USA in 1929. Psychology Publishing Co. Ltd published a UK version in 1932, and my version is the revised and enlarged …

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Divided States of America, by Aithal: #BookReview.

On 01/02/2020 By stuartakenIn Author, Book, Creative Writer, Fiction, Reading, Review

345 pages Time Travel/First Contact/Science Fiction. The Galaxy Series Book 3 This is the third in a series. The book is a worthy work, but I found it slow to start. That may be because I haven’t read the previous two. Once the first chapters are done, the story starts to move at a good …

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Creative #Writing #Contests Table Updated

On 01/02/2020 By stuartakenIn Author, Creative Writer, Fiction, Prizes

Night on Lake Maggiore. The 1st of the month is when I let you know the creative writing contest table has been updated. (I actually update it several times during each month, but the reminder comes just this once!) You access the table through the ‘Resources’ page, here. Many contests are free to enter and …

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