Gary Blake (born July 25, 1944) is a writer on the subject of humor, writing, and teaching. He is also the director of The Communication Workshop, a company dedicated to helping business and technical professionals improve their writing.[1][2][3] He is an author in the field of technical writing.
While teaching at Hunter College in New York and Baruch College, Blake wrote his first book, The Status Book (1978)[5] and began writing for Travel and Leisure, Glamour, Family Circle, and other magazines.
His most recent book, published in July 2012, is A Freudian Slip Is When You Say One Thing but Mean Your Mother: 879 Funny, Funky, Hip, and Hilarious Puns.[8]
Blake has written articles in the insurance industry for Claims Magazine[9] and other insurance periodicals; he has developed a course in claims writing for Claims Adjusters and Examiners.
^Blake, Gary. "The Communication Workshop". Business Communication and Writing. Retrieved June 26, 2012.
^Mark Crawford, How Engineers Can Improve Technical Writing. ASME, September 2012.
^S. W. Delchamps and A. J. Grant, Department of Finance Writing Handbook August 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Northern Illinois University Department of English, January 1998.
^Dr. Gary Blake August 22, 2009, at the Wayback Machine at The Communication Workshop.
^Blake, Gary (1978). The Status Book. Doubleday. p. 178. ISBN9780385135498.
^Blake, Gary; Bly, Robert W. (1992). The elements of business writing (1st Collier Books ed.). New York: Collier Books. p. 140. ISBN9780020080954.
^Blake, Gary; Bly, Robert W. (1993). The elements of technical writing (1st ed.). New York: Macmillan Publishers. p. 173. ISBN0020130856.
^Blake, Gary (2012). A Freudian Slip Is When You Say One Thing but Mean Your Mother: 879 Funny, Funky, Hip, and Hilarious Puns. Skyhorse Publishing. p. 272. ISBN978-1616087340.
^Blake, Gary. "Claims Magazine articles by Gary Blake". Insurance Writing. Claims Magazine. Retrieved June 26, 2012.
gary, blake, born, july, 1944, writer, subject, humor, writing, teaching, also, director, communication, workshop, company, dedicated, helping, business, technical, professionals, improve, their, writing, author, field, technical, writing, biography, editblake. Gary Blake born July 25 1944 is a writer on the subject of humor writing and teaching He is also the director of The Communication Workshop a company dedicated to helping business and technical professionals improve their writing 1 2 3 He is an author in the field of technical writing Biography EditBlake grew up in Bronxville New York He received a B S degree in speech and theater in 1966 from the University of Wisconsin Madison and a M S a year later Blake received a Ph D from City University of New York in 1973 4 While teaching at Hunter College in New York and Baruch College Blake wrote his first book The Status Book 1978 5 and began writing for Travel and Leisure Glamour Family Circle and other magazines Blake has presented writing seminars at organizations in the U S UK Bermuda and Canada His clients include The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Siemens CNA Liberty Mutual Motorola and the US Department of Agriculture He has written 11 books including The Elements of Business Writing and The Elements of Technical Writing both published in 1993 and written with Robert W Bly 6 7 His most recent book published in July 2012 is A Freudian Slip Is When You Say One Thing but Mean Your Mother 879 Funny Funky Hip and Hilarious Puns 8 Blake has written articles in the insurance industry for Claims Magazine 9 and other insurance periodicals he has developed a course in claims writing for Claims Adjusters and Examiners He lives in Great Neck New York References Edit Blake Gary The Communication Workshop Business Communication and Writing Retrieved June 26 2012 Mark Crawford How Engineers Can Improve Technical Writing ASME September 2012 S W Delchamps and A J Grant Department of Finance Writing Handbook Archived August 25 2012 at the Wayback Machine Northern Illinois University Department of English January 1998 Dr Gary Blake Archived August 22 2009 at the Wayback Machine at The Communication Workshop Blake Gary 1978 The Status Book Doubleday p 178 ISBN 9780385135498 Blake Gary Bly Robert W 1992 The elements of business writing 1st Collier Books ed New York Collier Books p 140 ISBN 9780020080954 Blake Gary Bly Robert W 1993 The elements of technical writing 1st ed New York Macmillan Publishers p 173 ISBN 0020130856 Blake Gary 2012 A Freudian Slip Is When You Say One Thing but Mean Your Mother 879 Funny Funky Hip and Hilarious Puns Skyhorse Publishing p 272 ISBN 978 1616087340 Blake Gary Claims Magazine articles by Gary Blake Insurance Writing Claims Magazine Retrieved June 26 2012 External links EditOfficial website The Blake Scale Gary Blake s IRMI Page Bibliography at GoodReads Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gary Blake amp oldid 1127425122, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
