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Welcome to MJRyder.net, an online portfolio of work by freelance writer M.J.Ryder. For more information about me and what I do, please visit my profile section. For examples, extracts and in some cases, full collections of my work, please follow the links in the menu bar above.

Please feel free to leave a comment or contact me at mjryder@rgpublishing.com

Enjoy your stay.

M.J.Ryder

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The adventure continues...

Life’s a funny ol’ thing. It’s been more than a few weeks now since I last wrote a blog. Other than being ridiculously busy with family commitments etc., the main reason I haven’t been able to write as much as I’d like is because I’ve started a new job!

In August I accepted the job working as a Writer / Journalist for EK Communications – a dental PR company based in Whitstable.

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The Dangers of Social Media

Facebook can be a dangerous thing — especially when family or work colleagues are involved.

From the moment you sign up, your entire life will be open to the scrutiny of every single person on your friends list, ranging from your best friend, to your parents, your work colleagues and even that ‘special someone’ you met on a drunken night down the pub.

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A Lesson in Commas

Regular readers of my website will be aware that I have something of a love-hate relationship with Raymond E. Feist. His early works inspired me to start writing, while his later works have left me wondering just where it all went wrong. His latest book At the Gates of Darkness certain falls in the latter of the two camps I’m afraid to say, and its editing is just so poor in places I felt compelled to write a blog.

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The Purge Begins...

So as you may have noticed, I’ve finally found the time to start making some changes to MJRyder.net. The main one as far as I’m concerned is the change of structure ‘behind the scenes’ as it were.

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Links

Taft 2012

The Death of the Apostrophe

The Dreaded C-Word

On Editing...

What's in a Name?


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