[Image courtesy of Ricardo Carreon at Flickr Creative Commons] Just the other day, somebody said to me, ‘What exactly are you inferring?’ when I suggested that he might not be taking the best decision. It stopped me dead in my tracks. Why? […]

[Image courtesy of Pete O’Shea at Flickr Creative Commons] I recently had an interesting conversation with a fellow writer about whether plain English means bland English. He had very strong views on the matter, saying that plain meant boring – […]

[Image courtesy of Nutdanai at FreeDigitalPhotos.net] Recently, a friend told me I was obsessive about grammar. Which I took, naturally, as a compliment. For one woman’s obsession is another man’s passion. Or attention to detail. As with most things, it […]

[Image courtesy of stockimages at FreeDigitalPhotos.net] When you write for a living, you can’t help but notice all the little mistakes out there. Each one is like an itch that you’ve got to scratch. And sometimes, it seems as if […]

Three unrelated themes this time. Except they’re not. They all take something that’s ‘obvious’ and turn it on its head. They’re about coming at something from a different angle, and solving a problem creatively. It’s three whole years since I […]