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  1. Word Count

    Nine ways to finish the writing you start
    Reframing the writing process can help you from start to finish
  2. Candlepower

    Shoot! How Gun Idioms Color Our Speech
    From "shotgun seat" to "trigger warnings," our language is shot through with firearm metaphors.
  3. Language Lounge

    Twinned Sources Meet Novel Target
    How much help does a metaphor need? It depends on what you want your audience to take away from it.
  4. Word Count

    How to protect the future you who writes
    Life challenges can derail any writer, but these tips can help you move forward while offering some care and grace to yourself
  5. Candlepower

    Clean Language
    What does a bathroom sign tell us about the history of English?
  6. Evasive Maneuvers

    Associate Firewood and Other Fiddle-Faddle
    This month's euphemisms draw from sources as varied as manga, social media, and a graduation speech.
  7. Language Lounge

    Scale Your Onboarding
    "There even are places where English completely disappears. In America, they haven't used it for years!" So goes the lyric. But English is adaptable for special purposes.
  8. Word Count

    21 Ways I Get Out of the Writing Doldrums
    21 ways to give your writing spirit an immediate boost.
  9. Candlepower

    Understanding "Maven"
    How a Yiddish word with Hebrew roots became a ubiquitous American brand name, backronym, and even a baby name.
  10. Evasive Maneuvers

    Predictive Human Balderdash and Other Managed Malarkey
    Please enjoy the list of latest and greatest euphemisms, full of managed malarkey you won't find anywhere else.

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