TheBookwright
Subscriber since: November 2005
Location: Guildford, United Kingdom
About Me
I am an author and poet who mentors other authors how to unleash their books inside.

I specialise in removing writer’s block and helping authors connect with their creative muse.
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Favorite Word:

serendipity
actually my real favourite word tmesis isn't in the database
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Least Favorite Word:

none
as I have no least favourite words - they are all marvellous
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Favorite Quote:

"We are not humans on a spiritual journey but spirits on a human journey"
- Teilhard de Chardin & many others

Favorite Topics:

Books:

Surveying the Mind-Boggling Diversity of American English
February 8, 2012 - 4 Comments
I DARE Say!
January 17, 2012

Creativity:

Calling All Writers: Introducing Figment
May 16, 2011
SciPlay, So Far
November 30, 2010 - 2 Comments

Fiction writing:

The Power of General Statements
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers January 23, 2012 - 15 Comments
The Writer-Reader-Character Bond
August 8, 2011 - 12 Comments

How to write:

Seven Ways to Stop Editing While You Write
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers January 11, 2012 - 24 Comments
Do Writers Really Need to Learn Math?
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers December 13, 2011 - 6 Comments

Self-publishing:

Re-Imagining Publishing
August 22, 2007 - 5 Comments
DIY Publishing
July 25, 2007

Storytelling:

Type Casting
January 24, 2012 - 2 Comments
Shakespeare and the Hurricane
October 12, 2011 - 5 Comments

Web tools:

Your Virtual Bookshelf
November 25, 2008
Is Dr. Johnson Rolling in His Grave?
October 21, 2008

Word Origins:

"Cacophony": A Word for the Digital World
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers February 7, 2012 - 3 Comments
Word Tasting Notes: "Geoduck"
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers January 26, 2012 - 6 Comments

Words:

"Downton Abbey": Tracking the Anachronisms
February 10, 2012 - 6 Comments
Houses of Straw: Flimsy Votes and Arguments
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers February 9, 2012 - 4 Comments

Writer's block:

Getting Unstuck
July 24, 2008
Why You Should Think of Yourself as an Orange
June 4, 2008 - 11 Comments

Writers:

"Not to Put Too Fine a Point Upon It": How Dickens Helped Shape the Lexicon
February 3, 2012 - 12 Comments
The Power of General Statements
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers January 23, 2012 - 15 Comments

Writing:

Type Casting
January 24, 2012 - 2 Comments
Seven Ways to Stop Editing While You Write
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers January 11, 2012 - 24 Comments