by Virginia Lloyd | Mar 16, 2007 | Blog, Improve your writing
Yes folks, a Power That Be declared that daylight savings time would be brought forward a couple of weeks, and was introduced overnight last Sunday. Immediately the lengthy afternoons seduced me into a fantasy of how many late-afternoon strolls I would take in...
by Virginia Lloyd | Mar 10, 2007 | Blog, Improve your writing
This is not my description of a bad date, I’m relieved to report, but rather the title of David Kowalski’s novel, which is being published by Pan Macmillan Australia in August this year. I’m biased of course but I really do think this is an amazing...
by Virginia Lloyd | Feb 24, 2007 | Blog, Improve your writing, Young Widow's Book of Home Improvement
As you know, I’ve been suffering from cabin-fever during these last gasps of winter (still below freezing daily, except for one glorious sunny day on Wednesday this week when it was a warm 5 degrees Celcius and everyone skipped about like it was Spring). My head...
by Virginia Lloyd | Feb 20, 2007 | Blog, Improve your writing
I snapped this photo en route to tennis this week. I realised that I could use an escape ladder right about now, myself. According to a local who knows these things, I’m experiencing “The Febs” – the depressive symptoms associated with the tail...
by Virginia Lloyd | Feb 9, 2007 | Blog, Improve your writing
Groaners – I think this is an Americanism – refer to the most overused cliches and hackneyed phrases found in news writing. Here’s the link to newswriting.com’s page chock-a-block full of examples. I found it very funny.
by Virginia Lloyd | Feb 1, 2007 | Blog, Improve your writing
As referred to in a recent post, I have had my first success as a grant writer on behalf of my client Simi Linton. We are still yet to hear precisely how many dollars will come tumbling her way, but it’s sure to be a long way from sufficient to putting her...