Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Mister William Zinsser: For me and other novice, newbie, wannabe, would-be writers :-)

William Zinsser was a lifelong journalist and nonfiction writer—he began his career on the New York Herald Tribune in 1946—and was also a teacher, best known for his book On Writing Well, a companion held in affection by three generations of writers, reporters, editors, teachers and students. His 18 other books range from commentary (The Writer Who Stayed), memoir (Writing Places; Writing About Your Life) to travel (American Places), jazz (Mitchell & Ruff), American popular song (Easy to Remember), baseball (Spring Training) and the craft of writing (Writing to Learn). During the 1970s he was at Yale University, where he was master of Branford College and taught the influential nonfiction workshop that would start many writers and editors on their careers. From 2010 - 11 he wrote a weekly blog for The American Scholar, "Zinsser on Friday" about the craft of writing, popular culture, and the arts. That column recently won The National Magazine Award for digital commentary and has now been published as a book, The Writer Who Stayed (Paul Dry Books).

Thursday, January 16, 2020

apolitical

not interested in or connected with politics, or not connected to any political party:
The organization insists that it is apolitical and does not identify with any one particular party.

apoliticism

the fact of having no interest in or connection with politics, or no connection with any political party

Wednesday, January 1, 2020

My New Year’s resolutions are: “in sha Allah”

#1 Study fluentzy.com books (Thirty books)
https://learningenglish.voanews.com/
https://edition.cnn.com/

and

#2 Upgrade my InfoSec and Ethical Hacking skills
Study these books:
CompTIA PenTest+ Study Guide
+
CEH v10 Certified Ethical Hacker Study Guide

Read, Listen & Learn

https://learningenglish.voanews.com/