These are some of the books recommended by Lia Mills at her recent workshop in Cavan
Enjoy
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Margaret Atwood: Negotiating with the Dead
Al Alvarez: The Writer’s Voice
Anne Bernays and Pamela Painter: What If? Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers
Bruno Bettleheim: The Uses of Enchantment
Lawrence Block: Telling Lies for Fun and Profit
Dorothea Brande: Becoming a Writer
Lajos Egri: The Art of Dramatic Writing
E.M. Forster: Aspects of the Novel
Natalie Goldberg: Writing Down the Bones
Richard Hugo: The Triggering Town: Lectures & Essays on Poetry and Writing
Anne Lamott: Bird by Bird: Some Notes on Writing and Life
David Lodge: The Art of Fiction
Robert McKee: Story
Francine Prose: Reading Like a Writer
Sol Stein: Stein on Writing
Lynn Truss: Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Dr Seamus Sweeeney is the winner of the Society of Irish Medical Writers Quiz held in Cavan
Thanks to everybody who took part in the quiz organised by Berna Cox in Cavan.
The winner, by some distance was Seamus Sweeney, who will receive a small prize in the coming weeks.
I'm posting more information here over the next few days so watch this space.
Quiz Answers:
Rebus.
Growing economy; The good, the bad and the ugly; Three blind mice; In between jobs; Corporate downsizing; Split level; Space invaders; Point blank range.
The “he” puzzle: headache and heartache. (Some people gave other suggestions here but none were correct – either the suggested words don’t exist or they were spelled incorrectly!).
AEIOU words – facetious and abstemious (again, some fanciful suggestions – none correct).
An unusual paragraph: The letter E never appears in the paragraph.
Spelling:
1. A red sky at night is a welcome harbinger as it augers (augurs) well for fine weather.
2. In medical parlance, an idiosyncracy (idiosyncrasy) is an abnormal physical reaction by an individual to a food or drug,
3. The toxicology report indicated that a miniscule (minuscule) amount of strychnine had been ingested.
4. Medical professionals need a license (licence [n.]) to practice (practise [v.]).
5. The albumen is the white of an egg; the yoke (yolk) is yellow.
6. The grizzly (grisly) discovery was made in the basement of the two-story (storey) building.
7. Vaccination and innoculation (inoculation) both refer to the process of producing immunity against a disease.
8. Permanent services will liase (liaise) with the auxilary (auxiliary) services to provide 24-hour cover.
9. The colonel lead (led) the army into battle to test their metal (mettle).
10. Did you spot all the errors? Maybe you were a swat (swot) at school!
Initials and numbers
1. 26 L. of the A. 26 letters of the alphabet
2. 18 H. on a G. C. 18 holes on a golf course
3. 11 P. on a F. T. 11 players on a football team
4. 54 C. in a D. (with Js) 54 cards in a deck (with Jokers)
5. 90 D. in a R. A. 90 degrees in a right angle
6. 1001 A. N. 1001 Arabian Nights
7. 12 S. of the Z. 12 signs of the Zodiac
8. 7 W. of W. 7 Wonders of the World
9. 32 D. F. at which W/ F. 32 degrees Fahrenheit at which water freezes
10. 10 G. B. H. on the W. 10 green bottles hanging on the wall.
The winner, by some distance was Seamus Sweeney, who will receive a small prize in the coming weeks.
I'm posting more information here over the next few days so watch this space.
Quiz Answers:
Rebus.
Growing economy; The good, the bad and the ugly; Three blind mice; In between jobs; Corporate downsizing; Split level; Space invaders; Point blank range.
The “he” puzzle: headache and heartache. (Some people gave other suggestions here but none were correct – either the suggested words don’t exist or they were spelled incorrectly!).
AEIOU words – facetious and abstemious (again, some fanciful suggestions – none correct).
An unusual paragraph: The letter E never appears in the paragraph.
Spelling:
1. A red sky at night is a welcome harbinger as it augers (augurs) well for fine weather.
2. In medical parlance, an idiosyncracy (idiosyncrasy) is an abnormal physical reaction by an individual to a food or drug,
3. The toxicology report indicated that a miniscule (minuscule) amount of strychnine had been ingested.
4. Medical professionals need a license (licence [n.]) to practice (practise [v.]).
5. The albumen is the white of an egg; the yoke (yolk) is yellow.
6. The grizzly (grisly) discovery was made in the basement of the two-story (storey) building.
7. Vaccination and innoculation (inoculation) both refer to the process of producing immunity against a disease.
8. Permanent services will liase (liaise) with the auxilary (auxiliary) services to provide 24-hour cover.
9. The colonel lead (led) the army into battle to test their metal (mettle).
10. Did you spot all the errors? Maybe you were a swat (swot) at school!
Initials and numbers
1. 26 L. of the A. 26 letters of the alphabet
2. 18 H. on a G. C. 18 holes on a golf course
3. 11 P. on a F. T. 11 players on a football team
4. 54 C. in a D. (with Js) 54 cards in a deck (with Jokers)
5. 90 D. in a R. A. 90 degrees in a right angle
6. 1001 A. N. 1001 Arabian Nights
7. 12 S. of the Z. 12 signs of the Zodiac
8. 7 W. of W. 7 Wonders of the World
9. 32 D. F. at which W/ F. 32 degrees Fahrenheit at which water freezes
10. 10 G. B. H. on the W. 10 green bottles hanging on the wall.
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