For Readers – Geoff Palmer – Award-Winning Author

Whatever happened to Eleanor Catton?

April 26, 2021 Geoff For Readers, For Writers, Publishing

300 drafts, seven years, and plenty of crying, apparently.

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Oddest Book Title of 2020

November 8, 2020 Geoff For Readers, Fun, Publishing

And here they are, the finalists for 42nd Diagram Prize for the Oddest Book Title of the Year: A Dog[…]

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10 Contranyms (with examples)

July 22, 2020 Geoff For Readers, Language

English is a confusing language. Simple words can have opposite meanings or different implications. It all depends on the context. Here’s some examples …

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Quote: Stephen King

June 6, 2020 Geoff For Readers, For Writers

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard[…]

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15 Polite Ways to Say Someone is Stupid

April 17, 2020 Geoff For Readers

The lights are on, but no one’s home. If his brain was dynamite there wouldn’t be enough to blow his[…]

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What the FAQ?

March 19, 2020 Geoff For Readers, Language

There’s and old saying that the computing industry is confusing mass of TLAs (Three-Letter Acronyms) and ETLAs (Extended Three-Letter Acronyms[…]

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Over-excited Puddings and Other Odd Origins

February 19, 2020 Geoff For Readers, Fun, Language

Whether you’re miffed, waffling, ticket-boo or taking the Mickey, the English language is full of words with odd derivations. Just don’t pop your clogs before reading this…

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