Judy C.
Subscriber since: August 2008
Location: Bandera, TX
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Favorite Word:

adorable
I use it often to describe what I see.
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Least Favorite Word:

stupid
I find it used too often and it is hurtful.
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Books:

"How to Not Write Bad" Is Not Bad at All
June 11, 2013
"Yes, I Could Care Less": A Mixed Bag
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers May 15, 2013 - 9 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 Power of General Statements
January 23, 2012 - 15 Comments
The Writer-Reader-Character Bond
August 8, 2011 - 12 Comments

Fun:

Ladies' Night at the Euphemism Bar
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers June 5, 2013 - 6 Comments
How To Speak Teen
June 4, 2013

How to write:

Why You Should Be a Copycat
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers June 12, 2013 - 27 Comments
The Power of Place
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers June 6, 2013 - 2 Comments

Language:

When Words Get Fossilized
June 19, 2013 - 3 Comments
Letter Perfect: Why English is So Hard
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers June 18, 2013 - 5 Comments

Language arts:

Turning the Page: Short Fiction for English Language Learners
June 17, 2013 - 2 Comments
How to Teach Setting: Beyond Time and Place
May 29, 2013 - 4 Comments

Linguistics:

About Those Dialect Maps...
June 7, 2013
How To Speak Teen
June 4, 2013

Linguists:

A Linguist Answers, "Why Do I Do What I Do?"
January 17, 2011
Telling the Life Stories of Words
December 7, 2010

Marketing:

How to Name Anything
January 17, 2013 - 4 Comments
Brand Names of the Year for 2012
December 11, 2012 - 8 Comments

Marketing copy:

Copywriting Case Study: Building Business Success
March 17, 2008 - 1 Comment
Business Communicators: Got Metaphor?
February 25, 2008 - 3 Comments

Naming:

XOXO Marks the Spot
February 14, 2013
How to Name Anything
January 17, 2013 - 4 Comments

Online:

About Those Dialect Maps...
June 7, 2013
A Question of Grammar
April 30, 2013

Public relations:

Optimizing Your Press Releases For the Web
February 15, 2008 - 1 Comment
Publicity How-To, For Free
January 17, 2008

Reading:

Staring, Glancing and Glaring Through Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight"
March 7, 2013 - 2 Comments
Writing Packed with Life
February 4, 2013 - 5 Comments

Self-publishing:

The March of the E-Books
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers March 25, 2013 - 15 Comments
Self-Publish Your Writing!
November 28, 2011 - 3 Comments

Storytelling:

Type Casting
January 24, 2012 - 2 Comments
Shakespeare and the Hurricane
October 12, 2011 - 5 Comments

Usage:

Would You Prefer a "Cronut" or a "Dossant"?
June 14, 2013 - 7 Comments
How Copy Editors Are Killing Restrictive "Which"
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers June 13, 2013 - 5 Comments

Visual Thesaurus:

Word Cloud: A Film Inspired by the Visual Thesaurus
August 24, 2012 - 5 Comments
Reconsidering the Thesaurus
April 2, 2012

Web tools:

Twitter Me This: New Technology in the Language Arts Classroom
November 15, 2011 - 3 Comments
Tracking Dialects on Twitter: What's Coo and What's Koo?
November 4, 2011 - 4 Comments

Word Origins:

When Words Get Fossilized
June 19, 2013 - 3 Comments
Season Openers: Baseball Terms and Myths
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers April 23, 2013

Words:

When Words Get Fossilized
June 19, 2013 - 3 Comments
Letter Perfect: Why English is So Hard
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers June 18, 2013 - 5 Comments

Writers:

Why You Should Be a Copycat
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers June 12, 2013 - 27 Comments
The Power of Place
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers June 6, 2013 - 2 Comments

Writing:

Why You Should Be a Copycat
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers June 12, 2013 - 27 Comments
The Power of Place
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers June 6, 2013 - 2 Comments

Young readers:

Turning the Page: Short Fiction for English Language Learners
June 17, 2013 - 2 Comments
STEM, Literacy, and the Common Core Standards
August 21, 2012 - 3 Comments