Dreadpal
Subscriber since: September 2011
Location: Boulder Creek, CA
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Writer, marketer, photographer, and consultant.
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phantasmagoria
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Advertising:

Shall We Plus?
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Death to Branding!
July 16, 2012 - 4 Comments

Books:

"Yes, I Could Care Less": A Mixed Bag
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Balzac's "Lost Illusions": a Novel in Contrasts
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers May 14, 2013 - 2 Comments

Branding:

How "Livery" Changed Its Spots
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers March 20, 2013 - 2 Comments
XOXO Marks the Spot
February 14, 2013

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:

The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: May Edition
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How "Baloney" Got Phony
May 3, 2013 - 2 Comments

How to write:

How to Overcome Your Writing Shame
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10 Non-Writing Activities That Will Improve Your Writing
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers April 15, 2013 - 9 Comments

Language:

Participial Con-Fusion: When Possession is the Law
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers May 22, 2013 - 3 Comments
"Beat-Upedness"?
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers May 21, 2013 - 5 Comments

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

Media:

Words from a "Surreal" Week in Boston
April 22, 2013 - 2 Comments
Roger Ebert's Lexicon: Fruit Carts, Idiot Plots, and Wunza Movies
April 5, 2013 - 7 Comments

Online:

A Question of Grammar
April 30, 2013
Whither The #Hashtag?
March 27, 2013

Poetry:

The Return of the Grammar Haiku Contest
February 28, 2013 - 2 Comments
Celebrating Fibonacci Day
November 15, 2012

Reading:

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

Storytelling:

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

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

Words:

Leaning Back to Look at "Lean In"
May 23, 2013 - 1 Comment
"Beat-Upedness"?
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Writers:

Balzac's "Lost Illusions": a Novel in Contrasts
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers May 14, 2013 - 2 Comments
Flash, Gleam, Glint, Sparkle: McPhee, Woolf, and Words
May 7, 2013 - 3 Comments

Writing:

Balzac's "Lost Illusions": a Novel in Contrasts
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers May 14, 2013 - 2 Comments
How to Overcome Your Writing Shame
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers May 13, 2013 - 4 Comments