Word Wednesday: Words Spied
acroname n. A name that is the acronym of a longer name. [Deseret News] ambidisastrous adj. Equally ruinous or calamitous in two ways or
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The Editor’s Toolkit: Hemingway App
Ernest Hemingway‘s writing style is known almost instantaneously by most readers. It is distinctive, recognizable, and influential. Critics believe his
“Them’s Fightin Words”: Fighting and Combat
Fight. (v) Old English feohtan “to combat, contend with weapons, strive; attack; gain by fighting, win” (intransitive; class III strong
That “Old Book Smell”
If you ever wandered up into the attic to look at your grandparent’s old books, or through a used bookstore
“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
Dara Rochlin Book Doctor 