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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Books:
Of Kings and Eggs and Presidents
September 17, 2018
September 17, 2018
Copywriting:
How Productive a Writer Are You?
December 18, 2017
Laughing Matters
November 5, 2017
- 4 Comments
Creativity:
Why I'm Writing This Column on a Treadmill
October 18, 2018
Naming the Name of the Year
April 11, 2018
Dictionaries:
The Evasion-English Dictionary: A Smart Bomb Aimed at Sneaky, Self-deluded Language
August 31, 2018
- 2 Comments
Help for Harried Justices
August 1, 2017
Fiction writing:
Do You Agree With These Quotes About Writing?
November 17, 2017
- 5 Comments
Seven Strategies for Banishing Your Perfectionism
November 27, 2015
- 2 Comments
Grammar:
80th Column: Verbal Oddities
October 31, 2016
- 13 Comments
Order Your Adjectives: Failed and Nuclear
October 17, 2016
- 6 Comments
Language arts:
The Enduring Impact of English Teachers on Students
April 28, 2015
- 4 Comments
The Art of Subterfuge: Using Pop Culture to Create Interest in the Classics
December 5, 2014
- 4 Comments
Libraries:
Librarians Suggest Good Books for Kids of All Ages
January 15, 2013
Love Your Librarian
September 26, 2011
- 4 Comments
Reading:
Pride and Prejudice and Natural Language Processing
April 2, 2018
- 2 Comments
Stats Meet Lit in an Insightful New Book About Writing
April 19, 2017
- 1 Comment
Visual Thesaurus:
Word Cloud: A Film Inspired by the Visual Thesaurus
August 24, 2012
- 5 Comments
Reconsidering the Thesaurus
April 2, 2012
WordMasters:
WordMasters: Grade 3 Blue Division Jan-Feb '11
January 31, 2011
WordMasters: Grade 3 Gold Division Jan-Feb '11
January 31, 2011
Words:
The Geeky, Cosmic, Philosophical History of "Multiverse"
May 23, 2018
- 1 Comment
First Past the Post
May 1, 2017
- 3 Comments
Writer's block:
Why You Should Write Like a Jazz Musician Plays
June 27, 2018
- 6 Comments
How to Reestablish Your Writing Habit After a Break
May 26, 2018
- 7 Comments
Writers:
How and Where to Find Stories
July 16, 2018
Why You Should Write Like a Jazz Musician Plays
June 27, 2018
- 6 Comments
Writing:
Why I'm Writing This Column on a Treadmill
October 18, 2018
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