How to improve writing (no. 10)Too many nouns#writing#howtoimprove·mleddy.blogspot.com·Feb 1, 2006How to improve writing (no. 10)
EditingFrom Jeremy Wagstaff's Loose Wire : I only recently realised, for example, that I’ve always been saying 'esconced' for some reason. Only yes...#writing·mleddy.blogspot.com·Feb 1, 2006Editing
Its and it'sLooking up my old neighborhood of Allston, Mass. (now being colonized by Harvard University), I was surprised to find the following: Peter V...#writing·mleddy.blogspot.com·Feb 1, 2006Its and it's
Raymond Carver's index cardsFrom Raymond Carver's essay "On Writing": Isak Dinesen said that she wrote a little every day, without hope and without despair. Someday I'l...#writing#indexcards#stationery#RaymondCarver·mleddy.blogspot.com·Feb 1, 2006Raymond Carver's index cards
On handwriting and typingW.H. Auden, from "Writing": Most people enjoy the sight of their own handwriting as they enjoy the smell of their own farts. Much as I loath...#writing·mleddy.blogspot.com·Feb 1, 2006On handwriting and typing
The language of stampsFrom tomorrow's New York Times : Every other day, when Janie Bielefeldt writes to her husband, who is deployed in Afghanistan, she places he...#writing·mleddy.blogspot.com·Feb 1, 2006The language of stamps
Hemingway's typewriterI'm reminded of the old Peterman catalogue, which affixed a famous name to most any object, but the following is for real--a typewriter used...#writing·mleddy.blogspot.com·Feb 1, 2006Hemingway's typewriter
"The Mail Moment"From a New York Times article by James Fallows, "Why the Internet Isn't the Death of the Post Office": The most touching artifact among the...#writing#technology·mleddy.blogspot.com·Feb 1, 2006"The Mail Moment"
"Slow down and think"Kids' thoughts about writing with fountain pens: Do you think writing with a fountain pen improves your penmanship? Why? "My handwriting is ...#writing·mleddy.blogspot.com·Feb 1, 2006"Slow down and think"
Old and improved”How to e-mail a professor,” improved.#college#education#e-mail#etiquette#howto#students#teaching#tips#writing·mleddy.blogspot.com·Feb 1, 2006Old and improved
Odes to autumnOctober is a fine and dangerous season in America. . . . It is a wonderful time to begin anything at all. You go to college, and every cours...#poetry#writing·mleddy.blogspot.com·Feb 1, 2006Odes to autumn
The Elements of StyleStrunk and White's legendary "Elements of Style" was first published in 1959, and in the intervening decades, this little book on language a...#writing·mleddy.blogspot.com·Feb 1, 2006The Elements of Style
The Nuts and Bolts of College WritingThinking about The Elements of Style prompts me to say something about a book that to my mind is far more useful, Michael Harvey's The Nuts...#writing#education·mleddy.blogspot.com·Feb 1, 2006The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing
"Amish computing"I'm getting so much spam. Hundreds of messages a day trying to seduce me by appealing to my darkest lusts and my greed. So I've gone back to...#technology#writing·mleddy.blogspot.com·Feb 1, 2006"Amish computing"
Words in pixelsI tweaked a section of my post on how to e-mail a professor this weekend, for a reason that's interesting enough, I think, to note here. Be...#writing·mleddy.blogspot.com·Feb 1, 2006Words in pixels
My version of Amish computingPaul Ford's notion of "Amish computing" appeals strongly to me, especially in its emphasis on distraction-free writing. But I can't imagine...#writing#technology·mleddy.blogspot.com·Feb 1, 2006My version of Amish computing
How to improve writing (no. 11 in a series)Educationese#writing#howtoimprove·mleddy.blogspot.com·Feb 1, 2006How to improve writing (no. 11 in a series)
I remember ThanksgivingMy family has kept up a Thanksgiving tradition for some years now, inspired by Joe Brainard's I Remember , a remarkable book of memory. I Re...#writing·mleddy.blogspot.com·Feb 1, 2006I remember Thanksgiving
My other blog is a MoleskineMy longer posts to Orange Crate Art tend to begin in a Moleskine pocket notebook. Yes, my other blog is a Moleskine. (And no, I didn't nee...#writing#Moleskine·mleddy.blogspot.com·Feb 1, 2006My other blog is a Moleskine