Tag Archives: Writers

What Can Writers Do About Climate Change?

Posted on February 18, 2022 by literarylad

It’s hard to comprehend the ability of supposedly well-educated, intelligent people to shut out the blatantly obvious. Britain holds the Presidency for COP26, and at the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow at the end of last year, our leaders … Continue reading →

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Book Review – ‘You Beneath Your Skin’ by Damyanti Biswas

Posted on October 14, 2020 by literarylad

I first came across Damyanti Biswas through her blog Damyanti Writes, which is full of useful information for aspiring authors, mostly in the form of interviews with industry insiders and published authors. I’ve been following this blog for a few … Continue reading →

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Scrivener Trial

Posted on March 8, 2020 by literarylad

I’ve recently been working on my latest novel again, having put it aside while there were too many other things going on for me to find the time. And I’ve been trying out some writing software. Called Scrivener, it is, … Continue reading →

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An Idiot’s Guide to Self-Publishing… Part One

Posted on June 17, 2018 by literarylad

The idiot in question being yours truly! Having researched the subject, I’ve discovered that self-publishing takes a lot of work, time, effort, and can involve spending what to most of us is a significant amount of money. And all with … Continue reading →

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The Vegetarian – book review

Posted on March 22, 2018 by literarylad

Until now, the few reviews I’ve done on this blog have been of books, and films, that I’ve liked, the rationale being that if you can’t find something good to say, then don’t say anything. I don’t like to be … Continue reading →

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Should writers really be using grammar correction software?

Posted on February 16, 2018 by literarylad

A few days ago, while I was looking at a website, a video advert appeared for something called ‘Grammarly’. I hadn’t heard of it before, but no prizes for guessing it’s an app that checks your grammar (as well as … Continue reading →

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Robot Writing

Posted on November 14, 2017 by literarylad

I’ve heard reports that an increasing number of articles are being written by robots. This is a worrying trend. We’ve become used to robots in manufacturing, and accepted that while they might have displaced some human workers, at least the … Continue reading →

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Fool’s Gold?

Posted on March 30, 2017 by literarylad

There’s a particular advert in the Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook – a book that I’ve been making good use of recently – that I can’t seem to keep from seeing, because the book rather annoyingly falls open on that page. It’s for a … Continue reading →

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Is Roald Dahl destroying our language?

Posted on September 19, 2016 by literarylad

The latest quarterly update to the Oxford English Dictionary includes made-up words and phrases used by Roald Dahl in his books. But is a changing language a good, or a bad thing? Continue reading →

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