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Diane B.
Subscriber since: June 2008
Location: San Jose, CA
About Me
I'm a non fiction writer always in the market for a new synonym or clever turn of a phrase. Currently writing 2 novels and thinking about a 3rd.
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suck
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Favorite Topics:
Books:
Remembering Salinger
January 29, 2010
Shtick Lit
December 29, 2009
Business writing:
A Nasty Bit of Corporate Speak
August 6, 2009
Business Buzzwords to Avoid
July 30, 2009
Copywriting:
Red Pen Diaries: The Solutions Problem
December 3, 2009
Five Simple Rules of Design Every Writer Should Know
October 5, 2009
Creativity:
How the Visual Thesaurus Inspires the Blue Man Group
November 19, 2009
Collective Intelligence
July 30, 2008
Fun:
Grammar Rules!
March 11, 2010
A Bad Case of the Peedoodles
March 3, 2010
Language:
Stay Tuned for Language Mavenry
March 19, 2010
An "On Language" Introduction
March 17, 2010
Marketing:
The You Decade
February 24, 2010
Multiple Choice
January 14, 2010
Marketing copy:
Copywriting Case Study: Building Business Success
March 17, 2008
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Business Communicators: Got Metaphor?
February 25, 2008
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Comments
Naming:
Term Limits: A Profession Ponders Its Very Name
December 16, 2009
The Namer's Bookshelf
November 23, 2009
Online:
Should Everybody Write?
March 16, 2010
Grammar Rules!
March 11, 2010
Politics:
Bridge That Gap!
March 2, 2010
Quotable Moments of '09
December 17, 2009
Storytelling:
Storytelling Blogs
September 23, 2008
Keep It Short
February 6, 2008
Visual Thesaurus:
Ben Zimmer Named New York Times Language Columnist
March 12, 2010
How the Visual Thesaurus Inspires the Blue Man Group
November 19, 2009
Word Origins:
"Sleeping Beauties" in English and Dutch
January 20, 2010
The Origins of "Eggnog," Holiday Grog
December 24, 2009
WordMasters:
The January-February 2010 Wordmasters Challenge
January 18, 2010
WordMasters: Grade 3 Blue Division Jan-Feb '10
January 18, 2010
Writers:
Rules for Writing Fiction
February 23, 2010
Remembering Salinger
January 29, 2010
Writing:
Red Pen Diaries: Caring About the Oxford Comma
March 22, 2010
Punctuation Point: The Serial Comma
March 18, 2010
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