by Darrell Croker | Jun 24, 2019 | Newcastle Herald, Personal Writing, Writing and Editing
Signing up to me too Signing up to me too Much has been written about commentator Jane Caro’s federal election-night social media post. Caro tweeted less-than-flattering comments about the country in which she lives, and went on “… but I am at the best, most...
by Darrell Croker | May 21, 2019 | Newcastle Herald, Personal Writing, Writing and Editing
Spellcheck was not on the money Spellcheck was no on the money It appears the “I’s” don’t have it when it comes to our single most-heavily used banknote. In October last year, 46 million $50 notes containing a typo rolled off the printing press...
by Darrell Croker | Mar 4, 2019 | Newcastle Herald, Personal Writing, Writing and Editing
Reading to children ensures success Reading to children ensures success When it’s time for kids to go back to school, it’s a frantic time for all, whether you have children or not. The 40km/hspeed zones are in operation, and there generally seems to be more activity...
by Darrell Croker | Jan 10, 2019 | Newcastle Herald, Personal Writing, Writing and Editing
WOTYa reckon about these WOTYa reckon about these Christmas-New Year has many delights for communicators. Spending a day on a suitable salutation for my festive season emails only resulted in “goodwill to all” and “peace on Earth” remaining my abiding messages....
by Darrell Croker | Dec 4, 2018 | Newcastle Herald, Personal Writing, Writing and Editing
Red card those festive me-mailers Red card those festive me-mailers Santa and his sleigh are nigh and as such the business-writing column’s Christmas tips. The festive season is a great time for correspondence advice. Many people are using writing implements and...
