Shana C.
Subscriber since: March 2011
Location: Denver, CO
About Me
I am an educator, artist and entrepeneur...(I wonder if there is a word for all three of these (disciplines???..hmmm), I have loved words since I was a child...truly had the experience of copying the entire dictionary during summer, etymologies, parts of speech and defintion....
My Word Lists
My Favorites

Favorite Word:

loquacious

Least Favorite Word:

death

Favorite Quote:

"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."
- Anais Nin

Favorite Topics:

Books:

"Nine Nasty Words": How and Why We Curse
August 13, 2021
Highly Entertaining and Informative
August 3, 2021

Creativity:

Nine ways to finish the writing you start
July 28, 2022
Of Time, Happiness, Creativity and Writing Accomplishments....
December 23, 2021

Dictionaries:

The Post-Dictionary World?
June 3, 2021
Finding (or Inventing) Euphemisms in the Latest OED Update
November 13, 2019

Grammar:

Seven Sentences You Should Stop Writing
November 23, 2020
How to Make Your Sentences Shorter
June 25, 2020

How to write:

Nine ways to finish the writing you start
July 28, 2022
How to Survive Until You're Famous or Successful
March 24, 2022

Language:

Metaphors We Live By (Updated)
March 3, 2022
Brand Names of the Year for 2021
December 16, 2021

Language arts:

The Enduring Impact of English Teachers on Students
April 28, 2015
The Art of Subterfuge: Using Pop Culture to Create Interest in the Classics
December 5, 2014

Naming:

Shoot! How Gun Idioms Color Our Speech
July 21, 2022
Understanding "Maven"
May 19, 2022

Poetry:

And Forget the He and She
December 2, 2019
In Praise of Ambiguity
July 23, 2014

Puzzle:

To Bee or Not to Bee?
March 18, 2021
The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: March Edition!
March 21, 2008

Reading:

How to Read More Books
November 19, 2018
Pride and Prejudice and Natural Language Processing
April 2, 2018

Spelling:

To Bee or Not to Bee?
March 18, 2021
2015 Spelling Bee: Co-Champions Triumph Again, as Vanya and Gokul Prove Unbeatable
May 29, 2015

Storytelling:

Should You Self-Publish?
October 26, 2020
Why You Should Consider Back-And-Forth Writing
September 24, 2020

Students:

2015 Spelling Bee: Co-Champions Triumph Again, as Vanya and Gokul Prove Unbeatable
May 29, 2015
"Sinister Buttocks" and the Dangers of Thesaurus Flipping
August 29, 2014

Teaching:

Teach Your Children Well
February 1, 2019
The Enduring Impact of English Teachers on Students
April 28, 2015

Vocabulary:

The Post-Dictionary World?
June 3, 2021
A "Dumpster Fire" of a Year
January 11, 2017

Words:

Shoot! How Gun Idioms Color Our Speech
July 21, 2022
"Nine Nasty Words": How and Why We Curse
August 13, 2021

Writing:

Nine ways to finish the writing you start
July 28, 2022
How to Survive the Feast or Famine of Freelance Writing
April 28, 2022

Young readers:

How to Encourage Summer Reading
July 16, 2014
Fifteen Ways of Looking at "The Woods": Jumpstarting Poetry in the Classroom
July 23, 2013