Geoff Palmer - Award-Winning Author -

5 English language myths

The problem — and the delight — of the English language is that there is no such thing as Standard[…]

Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage[…]

My mother died seven years ago today, barely a month after my father. Here’s the eulogy I read out at[…]

I do a lot of reading, from books, e-readers and online, but the latter is my least favourite medium[…]

According to Guinness World Records, L. Ron Hubbard is credited with having the most published works by one author (1,084).[…]

My father died seven years ago today. A few weeks ago, a friend recalled the eulogy I read out at[…]

Svetlana Alexievich is an investigative journalist and winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize for Literature. She was praised “for her[…]

A fascinating interview with J K Rowling (AKA Robert Galbraith) in The Guardian. J K Rowling on rejection slips: …[…]

The latest posting on Writer Beware looks at the arbitration clauses buried in almost all publishing contracts. These clauses say[…]