tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59572622024-09-28T03:42:00.436+02:00QuillPunditQuillPundit is a weblog, or blog, about script, writing, alphabets, letters and symbols.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957262.post-3042841775010582292012-03-25T21:44:00.001+02:002014-02-04T14:47:32.748+01:00Ancient Signs The Alphabet and the Origins of WritingAncient Signs: The Alphabet and the Origins of Writing
by Andis Kaulins is now available in 4 versions
(b/w, color, and both of those also as ebooks)
at
http://www.epubli.com/shop/autor/Andis-Kaulins/3682.
In Ancient Signs, the author traces the origins of writing and the alphabet
to syllabic writing systems in ancient cultures and shows that these
have one common origin.
print b/w version Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957262.post-13977643589862543172011-11-17T12:44:00.000+01:002011-11-17T12:44:08.091+01:00Two spaces after a period: Why you should never, ever do it. - Slate MagazineTwo spaces after a period: Why you should never, ever do it. - Slate Magazine: - Sent using Google ToolbarUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957262.post-7661275859235917242010-10-03T19:38:00.000+02:002010-10-03T19:38:22.772+02:00Writer and Reader: Writing as a Form of TranslationIf you read -- or write -- you will surely appreciate the brilliance of Found in Translation at the New York Times, by Michael Cunningham.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957262.post-28068323738976510772010-05-07T14:27:00.000+02:002010-05-07T14:27:34.314+02:00A Blog by Jonathan Shipley : A Writer's DeskTake a look at A Writer's Desk, a blog by writer Jonathan Shipley.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957262.post-59473675991053153732010-03-19T00:08:00.000+01:002010-03-19T00:08:40.307+01:00Writer’s Digest - The Anatomy of a Writer''s WebsiteWriter’s Digest - The Anatomy of a Writer''s WebsiteOctober 07, 2008, by Linda Formichelli"Whether you build it yourself or hire a designer, your website can do more than bring you into the 21st century—it can be an invaluable part of your marketing arsenal."Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957262.post-20431187923997761582010-03-11T13:17:00.000+01:002010-03-11T13:17:37.874+01:00A word from Seth Godin: Publishers who don’t have the power to fight the change « The Indie Book Writer Blog | Self Publishing | Author SolutionsA word from Seth Godin: Publishers who don’t have the power to fight the change « The Indie Book Writer Blog | Self Publishing | Author SolutionsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957262.post-8925441840554842452010-03-11T13:16:00.000+01:002010-03-11T13:16:51.309+01:00Focus: Independent Art | Lulu BlogFocus: Independent Art | Lulu BlogUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957262.post-39639189788214375592010-03-11T13:15:00.000+01:002010-03-11T13:15:22.129+01:00Scribd Inks Distribution Deal With Indie Book Publisher Author SolutionsScribd Inks Distribution Deal With Indie Book Publisher Author SolutionsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957262.post-82762624520344713492009-12-04T21:38:00.000+01:002009-12-04T21:38:33.891+01:00Computer reveals stone tablet 'handwriting' in a flash - tech - 02 July 2009 - New ScientistComputer reveals stone tablet 'handwriting' in a flash - tech - 02 July 2009 - New ScientistUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957262.post-61540197723905671742009-11-20T17:27:00.000+01:002009-11-20T17:27:56.920+01:00Write a Novel in November « JimKitzmiller.netWrite a Novel in November « JimKitzmiller.netUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957262.post-1141078879384251662006-02-27T23:20:00.000+01:002006-02-27T23:21:19.393+01:00Quill on GoogleWe are doing some checking of Google today and found that Quill gives 10 million hits. Not bad for what is basically an outdated word.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957262.post-1067876383863767132003-11-03T17:19:00.000+01:002005-08-20T15:11:00.750+02:00Allegedly undeciphered scripts - Easter Island - Etruscan Bronze Liver of Piacenza - Phaistos DiskALLEGEDLY UNDECIPHERED SCRIPTSThe only criticism that we have of Ager's website (see our previous blog posting concerning Omniglot.com) is that it is not complete in its selection of links regarding alleged decipherments of so-called undeciphered scripts - which in fact may already be deciphered for all we know, as was the case for the Maya Glyphs.THE EXAMPLE OF THE MAYA GLYPHSThe Maya glyphs hadUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957262.post-1067869360228235832003-11-03T15:22:00.000+01:002003-11-03T15:52:42.396+01:00Omniglot.com - Omniglot - a guide to written languageOMNIGLOT.COM
Omniglot - a guide to written language is a superb beautifully done website by Simon Ager on script and writing systems.
Its main menu entries are:
What is writing?
Alphabetic writing systems
Syllabic writing systems
Logographic writing systems
Undeciphered writing systems
which links to a discussion of alleged decipherments of the Phaistos Disk, including LexiLine, which is our Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957262.post-1067647574880761372003-11-01T01:46:00.000+01:002003-11-01T01:48:28.023+01:00Origins of Writing
One view of the origins of writing is found at LexiLine, where it is written as follows:
THE GENERAL STAGES OF WRITING DEVELOPMENT
The scholar Ignace Gelb4 distinguished FOUR stages in the evolutionary history of human writing systems.
The first stage was picture writing, in which the picture expressed an idea or concept directly, for example, a picture of a river, lake, pool or well to giveUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0