Duelling communication channels: email newsletter vs. podcast
Some comms activities come easy, others don’t. My big fail is the email newsletter to subscribers.
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Othering—word of the day
Word of the day (and weekly writing prompt, if you like) is a fairly new one, “othering”. Some of you will be enraged by this neologism—great, lexical rage is a great workout. (I know!) Use it or abuse it—I can take it.
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A family secret—a poem
Why a proud mother and grandmother does not write about her own children and grandchildren. A poem about superstition and the power of poetry.
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Write short sentences in your blog—plain language writing tip
“Write short sentences” has always been a basic guideline for plain English. I expect you’ve heard — or taught — that advice yourself. Far from questioning this, I see it as the single most important guideline for clear writing.
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Balancing description and action in a memoir—writing tips
How should you balance action and description in a family memoir? Let’s assume that you’re writing a personal story of your life, constructed one fragment at a time. The intended audience is your family, not the general public. (You may fantasise about a best seller, but it won’t be this book.)
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