Phonetic Spelling and the English Language
It is undeniable that the English language is often illogical and difficult to learn. It is a messy jumble of words borrowed and evolved from a huge assortment of other … Continued
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Work Experience Diary: More of My First Day
On my first morning, I set down my mug of tea and slid onto a wooden seat at a long editorial table for my first meeting with Les. Even though … Continued
A profile on Kev Howlett.
Kev Howlett is the creative artist behind all of Busybird Publishing’s projects. The covers of every issue of [untitled], Journey: Experiences with Breast Cancer, and the illustrator behind Who is … Continued
Story Forms.
So, you want to tell a story; you have a brilliant idea that is simply bursting to get out, and you won’t be able to get any rest until you’ve … Continued
Punctuation: Part 1.
I love punctuation. There’s obvious punctuation (and punctuating) you learn in primary school: e.g. full stops, commas, exclamation marks, question marks, the apostrophe, and quotation marks. Bizarrely, in primary school … Continued
Work Experience: My First Day
On a chilly Friday morning, before I was awake, I drove across town to the leafy suburb of Montmorency for my first day of work experience. I could hardly believe … Continued
Book Review.
The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight Jennifer E. Smith Headline Publishing Group (London: 2012) 3 out of 5 stars Recommended for girls aged 13-20 The Statistical Probability of … Continued
The Great Novella Search.
What do George Orwell’s Animal Farm, John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, Ernest Hemmingway’s The Old Man and the Sea, Albert Camus’s The Stranger, and Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis all … Continued