Pat
Subscriber since: August 2009
About Me
I live in "deep country" Virginia and work for a not-for-profit agency. Love to read and take walks with the neighborhood dogs. Used to have a pet goat ("Missy") but she died last year. Still mourning this loss.
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Favorite Word:
GoatLeast Favorite Word:
SchadenfreudeFavorite Topics:
Books:
"Nine Nasty Words": How and Why We Curse
August 13, 2021
Highly Entertaining and Informative
August 3, 2021
Copywriting:
Nine ways to finish the writing you start
July 28, 2022
July 28, 2022
The Lingo of Film Noir
November 19, 2021
Creativity:
Nine ways to finish the writing you start
July 28, 2022
July 28, 2022
Of Time, Happiness, Creativity and Writing Accomplishments....
December 23, 2021
Dictionaries:
The Post-Dictionary World?
June 3, 2021
Finding (or Inventing) Euphemisms in the Latest OED Update
November 13, 2019
Fiction writing:
Of Time, Happiness, Creativity and Writing Accomplishments....
December 23, 2021
Why You Should Blog BEFORE Writing Your Book
December 23, 2021
Grammar:
Seven Sentences You Should Stop Writing
November 23, 2020
How to Make Your Sentences Shorter
June 25, 2020
How to write:
Nine ways to finish the writing you start
July 28, 2022
July 28, 2022
How to Survive Until You're Famous or Successful
March 24, 2022
Language arts:
The Enduring Impact of English Teachers on Students
April 28, 2015
Libraries:
Librarians Suggest Good Books for Kids of All Ages
January 15, 2013
Love Your Librarian
September 26, 2011
Online:
Strategic Flexibility and Other Bendy Balderdash
October 7, 2021
A Recipe for Time Travel
October 6, 2020
Reading:
How to Read More Books
November 19, 2018
Pride and Prejudice and Natural Language Processing
April 2, 2018
Word Origins:
Shoot! How Gun Idioms Color Our Speech
July 21, 2022
July 21, 2022
Scale Your Onboarding
June 2, 2022
June 2, 2022
WordMasters:
WordMasters: Grade 3 Gold Division Jan-Feb '11
January 31, 2011
WordMasters: Grade 3 Blue Division Jan-Feb '11
January 31, 2011
Words:
Shoot! How Gun Idioms Color Our Speech
July 21, 2022
July 21, 2022
"Nine Nasty Words": How and Why We Curse
August 13, 2021
Writer's block:
Nine ways to finish the writing you start
July 28, 2022
July 28, 2022
How to Survive the Feast or Famine of Freelance Writing
April 28, 2022
Writers:
Nine ways to finish the writing you start
July 28, 2022
July 28, 2022
How to Survive the Feast or Famine of Freelance Writing
April 28, 2022
Writing:
Nine ways to finish the writing you start
July 28, 2022
July 28, 2022
How to Survive the Feast or Famine of Freelance Writing
April 28, 2022
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