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Tag: Mark Twain

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Celebrity quotations on whisky

2 Aug 2018quotations, writing

In praise of whisky / whiskey I am rather partial to a drop of whisky now and again (whiskey if you are Irish or American) and I am not alone in enjoying some “liquid sunshine”. Some kindred spirits offer their […]

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Pen names and other authorship devices

9 Nov 2017authorship, ghost writing, writing

A pen name, also known as a nom de plume, is an assumed name used by a writer instead of their own real name. It can also be a variant form of their real name and might be known only […]

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Tips on how to avoid some pitfalls in writing

27 Jul 2017authorship, proofreading, tips for writers, writing

They say there is a book in each one of us waiting to be written. If that is true it is probably easier for some people than others to turn that into a published book. The first decision to take […]

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Authors’ quotations on writing: What do writers think of their craft?

28 Apr 2017authors on authors, authorship, editing, humour, writing

I have discussed previously authors’ quotations about each other – sometimes derogatory – but how do they and others regard the craft of writing? Here are a few of the more humorous ones.

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Authors attack! What they think of each other

30 Sep 2016authors on authors, literary invective, writing

Some while ago I wrote about Mark Twain’s opinion of Jane Austen and other authors, but what do other authors and critics think of him and each other? The comments are hardly of glowing admiration. On Mark Twain “All modern […]

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Mark Twain quotations

2 Mar 2016quotations

In two of my blogs last year – April and May 2015 on Literary invective – I covered Mark Twain’s thoughts, firstly on Jane Austen as an author, then on various other authors: Oliver Goldsmith, Sir Walter Scott, and James […]

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Literary invective: Mark Twain on other authors

6 May 2015authors on authors

  In part 1 of my blog on literary invective I referred to Mark Twain’s comments about Jane Austen: ‘I haven’t any right to criticize books, and I don’t do it except when I hate them. I often want to […]

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