Joyce Joyce started writing Ulysses in 1907 and finished 15 years later. It is considered the greatest novel of the 20th century. […]

The word encyclopedia is derived from two Greek words meaning “a circle of learning.” The oldest known encyclopedia was written in Greece […]

Ernest Vincent Wright’s 1939 novel Gadsby has 50,110 words, none of which contains the letter e. Don’t believe that a novel could […]

Johannes Gutenberg is often credited as the inventor of the printing press in 1454. But neither printing nor movable type was actually […]

In the year 1007 a Japanese noble woman, Murasaki Shikibu, wrote the world’s first full novel. Called “The tale of Genji,” it […]

The novel has always had the reputation of being light entertainment, almost bordering on the frivolous. Part of the blame for this […]

English is the most spoken language in the world – Mandarin is the most spoken mother tongue – and has more words […]

You may be under the false impression that before you can get your text published, you must “get the copyright” to your […]

Copyleft is a general method for making a program or other work free, and requiring all modified and extended versions of the […]

A Guide to the Well-Written Text by Jan K., The Proofer. Part 1: Everything we do involves communication – written, verbal, and […]