You may be looking at this word and thinking you have no idea what it is, but if you’re even passingly familiar with Star Wars then you DO know it without realizing it. Anastrophe \uh-NASS-truh-fee\ noun Definition: inversion of the … Continue reading
Dilbert is hoping to coax himself into writing that novel by employing the unspoken pressure that results by telling everyone he’s writing a novel. His goal is that he will be held accountable to his writing by telling all of … Continue reading
A few weeks ago Book Riot ran the results of a survey they took about the “10 Scariest Books You’ve Read” and while the outcome was not all that surprising (Stephen King books grab the majority), I thought I’d throw … Continue reading
I have never seen the Johnny Depp movie “The Libertine”, nor have I eaten at a restaurant named “The Libertine” (real), or had drinks at a bar (real) or pub (real) named “Libertine”, or enjoyed the taste of a “Libertine … Continue reading
The recent situation with the Confederate Flag and its origin, history and place in modern culture reminded me of a word I first discovered way back in my junior high school (better known as the Stone Age to modern readers) … Continue reading
Here’s a word, if you’re an American, that you would be more apt to find in news accounts, books or magazines from elsewhere in the world because it is seldom used in the U.S. but is common in international language. … Continue reading
While reading Dan Simmons’ “Hyperion” last week, I came across the word “sere” and one of the cool things about reading an ebook is that you can highlight a word in question and see the definition IF you have a … Continue reading
Language is so wonderful! Even as you think you have a pretty wide-reaching vocabulary, someone, usually a writer, but in this case a very intelligent and well-read justice of the Supreme Court, will introduce you to a new word or … Continue reading
The word “gossamer” has always been one of my favorite words. I know that I first read it somewhere as a child and even though the context (the passage was about a spider’s web) made it pretty clear what the … Continue reading
inculcate [in-kuhl-keyt, in-kuhl-keyt] verb (used with object), inculcated, inculcating. to implant by repeated statement or admonition; teach persistently and earnestly (usually followed by upon or in): to inculcate virtue in the young. to cause or influence (someone) to accept an … Continue reading
For some reason, I prefer this word over the modern-day “Introduction” that is so familiar to most of us. prefatory adjective pref·a·to·ry \ˈpre-fə-ˌtȯr-ē\ : included at the beginning of a book, speech, etc., as an introduction Full Definition of PREFATORY … Continue reading
Here’s a word I stumbled across when I saw this graphic over on Pinterest, I believe, and found myself enamored by its sound and meaning. Here’s the official Dictionary.com definition: [si-nek-duh-kee] noun, Rhetoric a figure of speech in which a … Continue reading
Goodreads shared with BuzzFeed their 14 highest rated books of 2015, as voted on by members of Goodreads (I’m one, are you?) thus far this year. Under the Fiction category I’ve already read The Secret Wisdom of the Earth and … Continue reading
A few years back when I was researching wines I came across the word, “Terroir”, and ever since I have loved how it just rolls off the tongue, though I admittedly have few opportunities to use the word in writing … Continue reading
Today is Independent Bookstore Day 2015! I don’t have much more to say about it that hasn’t already been written here, here, here and (if you’re in the Central Florida area) here, other than to say visit your local independent … Continue reading
A couple of weeks ago when Cindy and I were over at Daytona Beach, we stopped in at a used book store we had visited before. I walked back to the “Writing” section and after a minute or two of … Continue reading
It was on this day 105 years ago that the man who is often quoted as saying “The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated” did, in fact, really die. What Samuel ‘Mark Twain’ Clemens actually said to the … Continue reading
Neil Gaiman says just write; just get the words down; don’t worry about your first draft, no one will ever see it; get the ideas and the words down. Just write. That is hard advice for me to follow. I … Continue reading
I know just enough Latin to be dangerous (though how dangerous can a dead language actually be?) and only enough to understand the basis of words in English. And I do the same with other languages such as Spanish (took … Continue reading
