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May 7, 2021 Friday Fun / History / research

Birth of Great Designs – 1400s to Today

Imagery courtesy of Renders/Lumion.

August 24, 2018 Did You Know ? / Grammar / Words / Writing

Unwritten Rules of English Grammar: ‘Tock-tick’, ‘Dong-ding’, ‘Kong-King’

Thanks to something called ablaut reduplication — a rule stating that, if you repeat a word and change an internal vowel, the

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May 30, 2018 Around Town / research

Research into the Churches and Parishes of New Orleans

Research, like writing, is never linear. I have a running chat conversation with Edward Branley that delves into many different

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October 27, 2017 Arcadia Coach / From The Editor's Desk

Introducing Arcadia Coach

I am happy and excited to announce the launch of a new venture with Edward Branley, Arcadia Coach. Arcadia publishes

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October 27, 2017 Arcadia Coach / From The Editor's Desk / research / Writing

The Fourth “R”- RESEARCH (Reading, ‘Riting, ‘Rithmatic and…)

Editor’s Note: This is cross-posted at Arcadia Coach, the new venture I am working on with Edward Branley. Hope to

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October 24, 2017 Editor Notes / research

Research Risks via xkcd

https://www.xkcd.com/1904/   For those of you who are unaware of the existence of xkcd, what planet have you been living

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September 25, 2017 Book Launch / From The Editor's Desk

Release day for Krauss: The New Orleans Value Store by Edward J. Branley

I’m very excited to announce that today is Release Day for the latest book by Edward J. Branley —  Krauss: The

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March 20, 2017 From The Editor's Desk / Pinterest / Podcast

How an idea comes to fruition: Collaboration, Research, Pinterest, and Maunsel White

Ever wonder how an idea comes to fruition for an editor? Or if we actually do more than just stare

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May 13, 2016 Character Development / Writing

“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

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