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:
Dennis Baron's "What's Your Prounoun? Beyond He & She" is a Timely Winner
February 27, 2020
- 2 Comments
Inspiration to All
December 10, 2019
- 1 Comment
Copywriting:
How Productive a Writer Are You?
December 18, 2017
Laughing Matters
November 5, 2017
- 4 Comments
Creativity:
Self-Partnered to Poppycock
December 11, 2019
- 5 Comments
How to Name Your Characters
November 4, 2019
- 3 Comments
Dictionaries:
Finding (or Inventing) Euphemisms in the Latest OED Update
November 13, 2019
- 4 Comments
Webster: the Weaseliest Word in Dictionaries
June 21, 2019
- 4 Comments
Fiction writing:
How to Name Your Characters
November 4, 2019
- 3 Comments
How to Become More Interested in What You're Writing
June 24, 2019
- 2 Comments
Grammar:
"Dreyer's English": An Utterly Readable Style Guide
March 18, 2019
- 2 Comments
How to write:
Why Writers Should Use a Secret Sauce: Tracking
February 24, 2020
- 4 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:
How to Read More Books
November 19, 2018
- 5 Comments
Pride and Prejudice and Natural Language Processing
April 2, 2018
- 2 Comments
Visual Thesaurus:
Word Cloud: A Film Inspired by the Visual Thesaurus
August 24, 2012
- 5 Comments
Reconsidering the Thesaurus
April 2, 2012
Word Origins:
The Case of the Generic Name
May 20, 2020
May 20, 2020
40 Days of Solitude: The Origin Story of "Quarantine"
May 10, 2020
- 4 Comments
WordMasters:
WordMasters: Grade 3 Blue Division Jan-Feb '11
January 31, 2011
WordMasters: Grade 3 Gold Division Jan-Feb '11
January 31, 2011
Words:
Pronouns Prevail for Word of Year and Decade
January 10, 2020
- 1 Comment
Comparative Nonsense
November 1, 2019
- 5 Comments
Writer's block:
Four Ways to Build Mental Toughness for Writing
December 23, 2019
- 7 Comments
How to Become More Interested in What You're Writing
June 24, 2019
- 2 Comments
Writers:
Dennis Baron's "What's Your Prounoun? Beyond He & She" is a Timely Winner
February 27, 2020
- 2 Comments
Inspiration to All
December 10, 2019
- 1 Comment
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