“Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once.” (Julius Caesar, Act II, Scene 2)
Taking a page (see what I did there? ) from the earlier blog post this week on Shakespeare, and bringing
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Guinness World Records Words
Guinness World Records Words Note From the Editor’s Desk: I enjoyed researching this so much that I decided to give
Word Wednesday: Sesquipedalian
Sesquipedalian Pronunciation adjective | ses·qui·pe·da·lian \ˌses-kwə-pə-ˈdāl-yən\ Definition Having many syllables given to, or characterized by the use of long words Etymology mid
A Murder of Crows, and other collective nouns for animal groups
Collective nouns are names used to represent a group of people, animals, or things. All animals collect into groups at
“And one man in his time plays many parts…” (As You Like It, Act 2, Scene 7)
Today, April 23, 2016, marks the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, and 452nd birthday. In honor of this auspicious occasion,
‘Ageless Women, Timeless Wisdom’ Launches in Pasadena
On Saturday, April 16th, I had the pleasure of going to Pasadena for the launch of Dr. Lois P. Frankel’s
Word Wednesday: Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis Editor’s Note: This is the follow up to last week’s Word Wednesday, where I mentioned pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis beat out
Palindromes
Palindromic Names Ada Anna Ava Bob Elle Hannah Otto Viv Palindromic Phrases A man, a plan, a canal : Panama Able
Story Circles
Stories move in circles. They don’t move in straight lines. So it helps if you listen in circles. There are
Word Wednesday: Floccinaucinihilipilification
Floccinaucinihilipilification Pronunciation noun |FLOK-si-NO-si-NY-HIL-i-PIL-i-fi-KAY-shuhn /ˌfläksəˌnôsəˌnīˌhiləˌpiləfiˈkāSHən/ Definition Estimating something as worthless. Etymology Mid 18th century: from Latin flocci, nauci, nihili, pili (words
Punctilious Punctuation: Single or Double Quotation Marks
I wear many hats when I’m editing, including switching between American English (AmE) and British English (BrE), depending on what
Creating the (Physical and Mental) Space to Write
I find this to be very true. One needs to make both physical and mental space to write, or edit,
What’s On Your Bookshelf?
With yet another book arriving in the mailbox this week, I was thinking … What are your indispensable “go-to” books
Word Wednesday: Commonly Misspelled Words
Time to be erudite and master the orthography of some of these commonly misspelled words. (Yes, ‘Misspell’ is one of
David Ogilvy “How to Write” Memo (1982)
Use short words, short sentences and short paragraphs In September 1982, David Ogilvy sent the following memo out to all who
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