Joanna B.
Subscriber since: January 2010
Location:
Chicago,
IL
About Me
Avid reader, writer, strategist and professional marketer/communicator. Love travel, tennis, yoga, horseback riding, cooking, animals, music, dance, art and so much more. Born/grew up in New Orleans -- love to explore the world no matter where I am. Love words and the ability they give me to paint a picture, tell a story, formulate a strategy or relate to a person ...
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Least Favorite Word:
tryYou can 'try' things, maybe even people, but in life, you just can or you can't, you do or you don't do -- there is no try ....
Favorite Quote:
"Logic will take you from A to Z ... Imagination will take you everywhere."
- Albert Einstein
Favorite Topics:
Advertising:
Mass-Market Artisans
October 26, 2011
- 5 Comments
Blogs:
What's the Deal with "Auld Lang Syne"?
January 2, 2012
Celebrate the National Day on Writing
October 19, 2011
Books:
Surveying the Mind-Boggling Diversity of American English
February 8, 2012
- 4 Comments
I DARE Say!
January 17, 2012
Business writing:
Red Pen Diaries: Das Kapitalization
November 8, 2010
- 6 Comments
Buzzword Watch: "Acq-hire"
September 28, 2010
- 7 Comments
Copywriting:
Score One for the Apostrophe
October 19, 2011
- 9 Comments
The Case of the Lay Flat Collar
June 29, 2010
- 19 Comments
Creativity:
Calling All Writers: Introducing Figment
May 16, 2011
SciPlay, So Far
November 30, 2010
- 2 Comments
Fiction writing:
The Writer-Reader-Character Bond
August 8, 2011
- 12 Comments
Fun:
"Downton Abbey": Tracking the Anachronisms
February 10, 2012
- 6 Comments
Language:
"Downton Abbey": Tracking the Anachronisms
February 10, 2012
- 6 Comments
Surveying the Mind-Boggling Diversity of American English
February 8, 2012
- 4 Comments
Language arts:
The Wild Kingdom of Animal Adjectives
January 31, 2012
Better Off Banished?
January 24, 2012
- 3 Comments
Libraries:
Love Your Librarian
September 26, 2011
- 4 Comments
"Get Your Geek On" at Public Libraries
November 19, 2010
- 9 Comments
Linguistics:
Surveying the Mind-Boggling Diversity of American English
February 8, 2012
- 4 Comments
Linguists:
A Linguist Answers, "Why Do I Do What I Do?"
January 17, 2011
Telling the Life Stories of Words
December 7, 2010
Marketing:
Score One for the Apostrophe
October 19, 2011
- 9 Comments
"And One More Thing": The Insanely Great Language of Steve Jobs
October 7, 2011
- 7 Comments
Marketing copy:
Copywriting Case Study: Building Business Success
March 17, 2008
- 1 Comment
Business Communicators: Got Metaphor?
February 25, 2008
- 3 Comments
Media:
Introducing "Lexicon Valley"
February 7, 2012
Exposure, Excitement, Inspiration
December 19, 2011
- 4 Comments
Poetry:
Ducking Under the Caution Tape: Approachable Poems
January 30, 2012
- 3 Comments
Song of Myself: Spoken Word Poetry in the Classroom
May 30, 2011
- 4 Comments
Public relations:
Optimizing Your Press Releases For the Web
February 15, 2008
- 1 Comment
Publicity How-To, For Free
January 17, 2008
Puzzle:
The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: March Edition!
March 21, 2008
The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: February Edition!
February 13, 2008
Reading:
Shakespeare and the Hurricane
October 12, 2011
- 5 Comments
Spelling:
What's a Misle?
December 7, 2011
Now Pitching in the World Series: The Man They Call "Scrabble"
October 21, 2011
- 6 Comments
Storytelling:
Type Casting
January 24, 2012
- 2 Comments
Shakespeare and the Hurricane
October 12, 2011
- 5 Comments
Students:
This Summer: Reading Pays!
June 20, 2011
What's in a Name? Students Reveal Their Words
June 14, 2011
- 14 Comments
Teachers:
Ducking Under the Caution Tape: Approachable Poems
January 30, 2012
- 3 Comments
The Art of the Interview
January 17, 2012
- 1 Comment
Teaching:
Black History Month
February 9, 2012
Ducking Under the Caution Tape: Approachable Poems
January 30, 2012
- 3 Comments
Usage:
"Downton Abbey": Tracking the Anachronisms
February 10, 2012
- 6 Comments
Visual Thesaurus:
Vote for the VT as Top Language Website!
December 23, 2011
Jamie McKenzie on Finding the Best Words
November 16, 2011
- 6 Comments
Web tools:
Your Virtual Bookshelf
November 25, 2008
Is Dr. Johnson Rolling in His Grave?
October 21, 2008
WordMasters:
WordMasters: Grade 7 Gold Division Jan-Feb '11
January 31, 2011
WordMasters: Grade 7 Blue Division Jan-Feb '11
January 31, 2011
Words:
"Downton Abbey": Tracking the Anachronisms
February 10, 2012
- 6 Comments
Writer's block:
Getting Unstuck
July 24, 2008
Why You Should Think of Yourself as an Orange
June 4, 2008
- 11 Comments
Writers:
"Not to Put Too Fine a Point Upon It": How Dickens Helped Shape the Lexicon
February 3, 2012
- 12 Comments
Young readers:
Taken Into Context: History and Fiction in the Classroom
October 20, 2011
- 3 Comments
This Summer: Reading Pays!
June 20, 2011
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