Archive for 'writing' Category

Wordle Word Clouds

By Surferbill - Last updated: Monday, June 16, 2008

Wordle allows you to create word clouds. Just paste in the text you want to use (song lyrics work well), or give your Delicious username to create a tag cloud. Here’s mine: Requires Java. [ via JoCo ]

Ficlets

By Surferbill - Last updated: Monday, April 2, 2007

Are you a writer of fiction? Do you struggle writing complete novels? Would you like to work collaboratively with other writers? Ficlets: “A ficlet is a short story that enables you to collaborate with the world. Once you’ve written and shared your ficlet, any other user can pick up the narrative thread by adding a [...]

The Correct Use Of The Apostrophe

By Surferbill - Last updated: Saturday, March 31, 2007

One of my pet peeves is the misuse of apostrophes. TheApostrophe Protection Society explains the proper use.