Comments on: A Writer’s Bookshelf

By: Mandy

Mandy — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 07:52:31 +0000

That’s true. A serious writer would have all those books, and definitely more. I also think it’s necessary for a good writer to have a wide selection of classics, and books in the field of writing he is interested in. Making regular trips to the library is also important.

By: Helen Hunt

Helen Hunt — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 16:23:19 +0000

Writing has and still is one of my biggest problems. I’m a software developer and hardly have any need to write official documents, the only documents I write are emails and code documentations.

In the last months of years, I’ve started blogging in the hope to improve my writing.

I think subscribing to this blog will help.

By: Blowing The Gaff

Blowing The Gaff — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:08:33 +0000

[...] recently mentioned a book called Mind The Gaffe, which is all about errors in English. It got me to thinking about the [...]

By: Sharon

Sharon — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:36:57 +0000

@ Joshua: Sometimes it’s just as easy to pick up a book and look for the right word, so I wouldn’t be without a dictionary either.

By: Joshua

Joshua — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 19:56:50 +0000

owning a Merriam Webster’s Dictionary myself, I find it easy to find what I’m looking for. And even though most of my writing is done in my laptop, I find myself searching for word difinitions by book even though my current main source is on the web: dictionary.com.

I should really look up the puncuation book by Oxford you suggested.