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Feeling irritated by the political lunacy going on in UK and US politics? Me too. Here’s my reaction. Please share yours!
Here in year twenty nineteen
Give this poem a good eyeball
Politics just make us scream
Brexit chaos, Trumpy’s wall [Continue reading]
A few years ago I curated some amusing Valentine’s Day (rude in places) content, and wrote quite a lot of new content in its honour.
If you should find yourself not quite in the gooey-eyed, romantic mood you should be in, say “to hell with it” and have some laughs. Here’s that content again…
Romantic first lines, not-so-romantic second lines
Love may be beautiful, love may be bliss
But I only slept with you, because I was p*ssed
I thought that I could love no other
Until, that is, I met your brother
Of loving beauty you float with grace.
If only you would hide your face. [Continue reading]
This is pretty horrible, but should wake up apostrophe abusers a lot more than the weedy articles we see politely explaining how to use the poor little things. Apostrophe fascists around the (English speaking) world take note: share the … [Continue reading]
If I had a dollar, pound or euro for every time someone says either "blogging's dead" or "blogging's back" I could buy myself that drooly-gorgeous Louis Vuitton handbag I've been lusting after for years. Plus a new car. This whole blogging … [Continue reading]
It's one thing to write about what to write in general terms. But when it happens to you, and the deceased child is a relative, wow - does that really bring it home. On Tuesday this week I sat in my car after attending an excellent business … [Continue reading]
Are you one of the increasing number of people who think that all you need to make a word more important is to give it a capital letter? As my business partner (an ex-Oxford University publisher/editor/author) would say, "why capitalise your … [Continue reading]
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A poem about political willie-waving, plus a few…enjoy!
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A poem about political willie-waving | How To Write Better with Suzan St Maur
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Author and humour poet Suzan St Maur shares her irritation at the political willie-waving going on in the UK and the USA in early 2019.Useful advice on editing...
What's The Difference Between Copy Editing And Proofreading?
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Copy editing is all about producing consistency in a text. Proofreading comes next and is the process of finding typos, grammar errors and inaccuracies.
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