Category: General
Not about writing or reading; more generalized information.
Our knowledge about writing comes from reading books. For the Tameri Guide for Writers, we consult books on the English language, grammar, and writing. There are always new books waiting to be discovered so we can improve this website. Sometimes books offer conflicting advice; we do favor some experts when…
We created this site (long ago in 1996) with authors in mind and continue to focus on writing for general audiences. Articles in the Tameri Guide for Writers reflect our experiences as professional writers and editors. Some teachers complain that our choices are not “proper” for their students. Instructors should…
Writing, revising, and editing content needs to be convenient, or mistakes go uncorrected and content goes “stale.” The Tameri Guide for Writers has pages with errors. Many pages are incomplete. Other pages are stale. Sometimes, things go wrong, yet lead to a positive change. On November 19, 2023, our web…
We have started a major redesign and content refresh of the Tameri Guide for Writers. The new design focuses on the user experience. I want to explain some of the changes that are finally taking shape after years of benign neglect. Website Design Updates The new template uses a simple, modern…
Books, books, and more books. We live surrounded by books. We could try to cull books from the boxes, or even the shelves. We have pulled some books for donation or to sell back to a used bookstore, but we rarely part with more than a handful of books. The…
Statistically speaking, we read a lot. Our children read a lot. We are a book-loving house of readers. We used to visit the local library and support its book sale during the summer. We had let our daughters browse the book fairs at school, too. Once of twice a month,…
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I read a lot of books about the evolution of textual production: books about the making of books. Though I own far more books on typography and lettering, books are where typography goes to work. Currently, I’m reading Keith Houston’s The Book. I want to order Houston’s Shady Characters to read, too. I…