Month: October 2017
A long and winding gently curving way of writing description
‘Long winding’ staircase or ‘gently curving’ staircase or both? Or don’t bother to describe it? As in: ‘The two doctors…
Historical accuracy versus common sense
Sometimes you have to use your commonsense instead of being super duper historically accurate, as this article in my ‘writing…
Diagnosis: over-dependent on Wiki
I recently realised that I’ve been entirely relying on ‘Wiki’ aka Wikipedia for my research into historical facts instead of…
Could this solution to the problem of ‘writer’s block’ work for you?
Here’s a possible solution to the problem of ‘Writer’s block,’ which occurs when writers can’t think what to write next….
Five reasons to hate articles with numbers like five in the title
Five reasons to hate those articles with numbers in their titles such as ‘five reasons/ten reasons/twenty reasons/fifty reasons’ to do…
Catalonia ‘declares war’ on America in Declaration Of Independence
Catalonia is more independent than America and is far more qualified to issue a Declaration Of Independence. Catalonia, the province…
Warming to the idea of a second ice age.
The world will become a lot colder in about a hundred million years, according to somebody who knows what it’s…
Happy Certain Time Of The Year, Mr. President Donald Trump
As that ‘certain time of the year’ approaches, I’m preparing my ‘Certain Time Of The Year’ card for President Donald…
Paul Gresham Writer is an exciting new website which will feature..
Paul Gresham Writer is a new (at 03/10/2017) website which will feature humorous, entertaining and often topical articles published in…
My writing a historical novel experience #1
One thing I’ve discovered since I started to write a historical novel is that it’s very easy to make a…