Published on November 14, 2007 | In Literature | Rated
As the world continues to get smaller, there is increasing awareness of the need for a worldwide common language. This would be a language you could learn and be certain you could use virtually everywhere you go. For historical reasons, English already more or less fulfills this role, but it is still far from universal.
Published on August 23, 2007 | In Literature | Rated
The literary genre known as horror has gone through some changes as of late and, for those among you who cling to the old traditions, these changes do not bode well. However, before going into that topic, it is best to first offer a brief explanation of what the horror genre is about.
Published on August 14, 2007 | In Literature | Rated
Fiction writing seems to be something that everyone and his dog is engaged in these days. Firstly, about twenty-five years ago, the arrival of the word processor meant that anyone could two-finger type out a novel, print it and send it off to unsuspecting agents and publishers.
Published on March 29, 2007 | In Literature | Rated
Latin is mainly associated with the Roman Empire. Once being one of the most widely spoken languages in the World, Latin is now rarely spoken. With the decline of the British Grammar School and with it the teaching of Latin in schools, will the language die, to become something left in history? Although there are no countries where Latin is the main language, it is still used in one form or another by millions of people around the world every day.
Published on November 23, 2006 | In Literature | Rated
'Binoculars please' the Queen snapped. The Press Secretary knew that the Queen had never, ever recovered from finding a man in her bedroom about twenty years ago. That incident had left a deep scar on her psyche. She had tried Bach flower remedies and later psychotherapy but she was still haunted by the incident. As a result, she always worried about security.
Published on October 14, 2006 | In Literature | Rated
Some time ago, I was hired by a woman with a harrowing family story to tell. She desperately wanted to share her tale, believing that it would expose truths and help other people, but she recognized that her writing was not at a professional book author’s level. So I agreed to ghostwrite the manuscript.
Published on October 15, 2006 | In Literature | Rated
Look at these sentences, and see if you can figure out why the second example is better written than the first. If you still don’t know, look above that. At the risk of stating the obvious: nouns and verbs are the backbone of any sentence, and thus of all writing.
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