Donna Marino
Subscriber since: March 2009
Location: Rock Tavern, NY
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serendipity
Self described amateur writer and photographer, she leans toward creative writing and the focus of many of her pieces is devoted to wordplay as in her manuscript entitled ‘Playing with Words’ written for her niece. The book is now being illustrated for publication.
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"Life is like a television screen. The quality of reception depends on our perception. Be a High Definition thinker on a plasma screen in a black and white world. And don't let anyone mess with your remote."
- Donna Marino

Favorite Topics:

Blogs:

Invented Languages Q&A
March 16, 2010
It's National Grammar Day!
March 4, 2010

Creativity:

How the Visual Thesaurus Inspires the Blue Man Group
November 19, 2009
Collective Intelligence
July 30, 2008

Dictionaries:

On Some Deficiencies in Our Search Engines
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Quotable Moments of '09
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Grammar:

Punctuation Point: The Serial Comma
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Grammar Rules!
March 11, 2010

How to write:

The Power of Short Words
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Tick-Tock: Productive Writing, Pomodoro Style
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Language:

Stay Tuned for Language Mavenry
March 19, 2010
An "On Language" Introduction
March 17, 2010

Language arts:

Short But Rarely Sweet: Short Stories in the Classroom
March 15, 2010
Let Freedom Ring!
February 18, 2010

Linguistics:

A Troop of One
November 11, 2009
More on "Text(ed)"
November 2, 2009

Linguists:

Career in Linguistics. You Sure?
June 30, 2007
Fun Lovin' Linguists
June 20, 2007

Poetry:

The Found Poetry of Google Voice
February 10, 2010
To a Thesaurus
January 26, 2010

Self-publishing:

Re-Imagining Publishing
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DIY Publishing
July 25, 2007

Spelling:

A Selection of Tony Incorvati's Favorite Words
January 28, 2010
Spelling Whiz, Part Two: Tony Incorvati of Canton Country Day
January 27, 2010

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
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WordMasters: Grade 3 Blue Division Jan-Feb '10
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Words:

Stay Tuned for Language Mavenry
March 19, 2010
Misnomers and Misconceptions
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Writer's block:

Getting Unstuck
July 24, 2008
Why You Should Think of Yourself as an Orange
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Writers:

Rules for Writing Fiction
February 23, 2010
Remembering Salinger
January 29, 2010

Writing:

Punctuation Point: The Serial Comma
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Should Everybody Write?
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