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dianefinkle
Subscriber since: May 2008
Location: Manotick, Canada
About Me
I am a writer/editor who specializes in health promotion and chronic disease prevention. I run my own company: Wordsmith Writing and Editing Services.
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Favorite Word:
serendipity
I love the look and the sound and also its meaning - it is all about discovery and good luck and a bit of magick.
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(Guildford United Kingdom)
Bellcollector
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Dominique M.
(Johannesburg South Africa)
Robert
(Paris France)
Least Favorite Word:
like
I hate the way this word is constantly used in the vernacular today.
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D. Quinn
(Tucson, AZ)
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(Plantation, FL)
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(Chicago, IL)
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(san francisco, CA)
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(Manchester, MA)
Joseph W
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Favorite Quote:
"It is never to late, in life or in fiction to revise. "
- Nancy Thayer
Favorite Topics:
Blogs:
Getting "Gatsby": The Language Behind the Novel
May 10, 2013
- 1
Comment
Obsolete Words Worth Reviving?
March 21, 2013
Branding:
How "Livery" Changed Its Spots
March 20, 2013
- 2
Comments
XOXO Marks the Spot
February 14, 2013
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
May 24, 2013
How "Baloney" Got Phony
May 3, 2013
- 2
Comments
Language arts:
A Wicked Worksheet of the Week
May 15, 2013
Lori Wilfong on the Do's and Don'ts of Vocabulary Instruction
March 7, 2013
- 1
Comment
Linguistics:
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Meronymy?
May 1, 2013
- 11
Comments
What's Happening?
March 1, 2013
- 6
Comments
Marketing:
How to Name Anything
January 17, 2013
- 4
Comments
Brand Names of the Year for 2012
December 11, 2012
- 8
Comments
Poetry:
The Return of the Grammar Haiku Contest
February 28, 2013
- 2
Comments
Celebrating Fibonacci Day
November 15, 2012
Visual Thesaurus:
Word Cloud: A Film Inspired by the Visual Thesaurus
August 24, 2012
- 5
Comments
Reconsidering the Thesaurus
April 2, 2012
Writing:
Balzac's "Lost Illusions": a Novel in Contrasts
May 14, 2013
- 2
Comments
How to Overcome Your Writing Shame
May 13, 2013
- 4
Comments
Young readers:
STEM, Literacy, and the Common Core Standards
August 21, 2012
- 3
Comments
A Teacher's Summer Reflections
June 13, 2012
- 2
Comments
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