Poem #13 Time
Time
Time is like
An everlasting tide,
Washing away
The sands of our memory.
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Copyright 2006 Trevor W. Hampel.
It’s Nice to be Recognised
It is always nice to be recognised, especially by one’s peers.
Liz Strauss over at Successful Blog has said some flattering things about my three blogs.
To read the article click on the link below.
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Welcome:
A special welcome to any readers who come to this blog from the link on Liz’s blog. I invite you to browse through some of the articles via the categories or the archives. I also invite you to comment or ask questions.
Writing Project for my readers:
Links:
- Trevor’s Birding – my blog about Australian birds, including photos.
- My photo gallery – photos of birds, flowers, animals, places and much more.
- Successful Blog – thinking, writing and business strategies with Liz Strauss.
Writing Hint #14 Write, rite or right?
2 Comments »7th November, 2006; Category: Writing Hints
I had a phone call yesterday from the chairman of a committee. I serve as the minute secretary of said committee. I’d recently given him a draft copy of the minutes of the recent AGM for proofreading. I thought I’d done a fairly good job.
Wrong.
He found a number of small typos and other errors. See, the problem with proofreading your own writing is that you think you know what it should say, but what you have typed is similar, but wrong. For example, I had “a” where it should have been “an”. Simple error, but so important in that first impression made on an editor or publisher – or reader of your blog. In many cases, first impressions are the most important and lasting impressions. In today’s busy world, you often do not get a chance at a second impression.
My advice is: as much as possible, get someone else to proofread your writing before sending it off to a publisher.
And bloggers – do everyone a favour – at least proofread your own writing.
Writing Hint: Make it a rite to always write the right words.
Related articles:
- The importance of proofreading – with links to other articles.
PS: I made sure I proofread this article carefully. I actually found 2 errors. I hope that it is error free now. Let me know if I’ve missed anything.
Just a thought – about pizzas, writing and publishers
Why does a round pizza come in a square box?
Why indeed?
Would it make more sense to use a square tray when making a pizza? The logical conclusion of that would be that the box for each pizza could be smaller thus saving on cardboard and therefore less trees cut down. Now I am not in the business of making pizzas, so there is probably a very sound reason why round pizzas are delivered in square boxes.
Too often I hear that writers are like pizza makers who try to cram square pizzas into round boxes, or are wasteful and try to put round pizzas into square boxes. Writers need to study their markets carefully. It is no use sending a children’s picture book text to a publisher who only publishes scientific texts for academics. It sounds a ridiculous example, but I believe it happens all too frequently. Writers who fail to do their homework (read market research) just set themselves up for rejection.
There are many useful resources available to writers these days, including market guides in both printed and electronic form. Successful writers use the internet to do their market research. Many publishers these days publish their writers’ guidelines on their web site. At the very least, check these out before submitting your writing to them.