Valerie P.
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Blogs:

Ben Zimmer on How Technology is Shaping Language
October 8, 2013 - 2 Comments
On Slate, Lexicon Valley Launches a New Language Blog
September 10, 2013

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

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
80th Column: Verbal Oddities
October 31, 2016 - 13 Comments

How to write:

Why Writers Should Use a Secret Sauce: Tracking
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers February 24, 2020 - 4 Comments
How to Work with Difficult Editors
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers January 22, 2020 - 4 Comments

Language:

New Virus, New Words
March 30, 2020
Does It Matter What We Call a Disease?
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers March 23, 2020 - 11 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

Linguistics:

New Virus, New Words
March 30, 2020
Does It Matter What We Call a Disease?
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Linguists:

Pronouns Prevail for Word of Year and Decade
January 10, 2020 - 1 Comment
Comparative Nonsense
November 1, 2019 - 5 Comments

Poetry:

And Forget the He and She
December 2, 2019 - 2 Comments
In Praise of Ambiguity
July 23, 2014 - 2 Comments

Reading:

How to Read More Books
November 19, 2018 - 5 Comments
Pride and Prejudice and Natural Language Processing
April 2, 2018 - 2 Comments

Spelling:

2015 Spelling Bee: Co-Champions Triumph Again, as Vanya and Gokul Prove Unbeatable
May 29, 2015
Is It "Copyeditor" or "Copy Editor"?
September 17, 2014 - 7 Comments

Storytelling:

Murray's Mission: My Greatest Elementary School Memory
May 7, 2014 - 7 Comments
Type Casting
January 24, 2012 - 2 Comments

Usage:

Comparative Nonsense
November 1, 2019 - 5 Comments
Unexpected Cousins
April 1, 2019 - 8 Comments

Word Origins:

New Virus, New Words
March 30, 2020
Does It Matter What We Call a Disease?
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers March 23, 2020 - 11 Comments

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

Writing:

Is Lack of Reflection Sabotaging your Writing?
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers March 27, 2020 - 2 Comments
Why Writers Should Use a Secret Sauce: Tracking
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers February 24, 2020 - 4 Comments