Everything is a Remix: Must-watch video on originality

Link: https://t.co/gm4lX5dv4G

The new platform luring readers into short fiction

The new platform luring readers into short fiction

Manchester's Comma Press has launched MacGuffin, which not only allows authors to self-publish in text and audio, but also gives detailed analytics showing when readers get bored

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/may/31/self-publishing-online-comma-press-macguffin-readers-analytics

New Super-Fast MRI Technique Demonstrated with Song 'If I Only Had a Brain'

http://beckman.illinois.edu/news/2015/04/new-super-fast-mri-technique

How well do you know famous books' opening lines? (from the Telegraph)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/11556189/World-Book-Night-How-well-do-you-know-famous-novels-opening-lines.html

The unexpected history of the possessive apostrophe

via https://twitter.com/RealGeoffBarton/status/572145876803715072

Dave Goulson on Twitter: "This is a tad depressing: newt no longer in the Jnr Oxford dictionary. http://t.co/2aRaQCnmre Via @guardian HT"

https://twitter.com/DaveGoulson/status/571958421110595584

The 50 Best First Sentences in Fiction

http://review.gawker.com/the-50-best-first-sentences-in-fiction-1665532271

Helena Coggan tells Kate Kellaway what it feels like to be published at 15

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/feb/01/an-author-at-15-helena-coggan-the-catalyst?CMP=twt_gu

Roadl Dahl's "MEASLES: A Dangerous Illness"

http://www.roalddahlfans.com/articles/meas.php

Guardian piece on cliches

Writers' cliches that make you tear your hair out | Books | The Guardian:

http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2015/jan/22/turns-of-phrase-writers-cliches-drive-you-mad