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VT Tip o' the Week
Settings Panel: Presets
Mon Apr 07 00:00:00 EDT 2008
The presets sub-panel allows you to choose from a selection of pre-set combinations of settings. This allows you to choose from popular combinations of settings that work well together. When you first start using the Visual Thesaurus, we recommend you choose a preset from the list that best suits your needs. As you become a more advanced user of the Visual Thesaurus, you may want to delve deeper into the other sub-panels and more precisely customize your settings.
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Candlepower
Editorial Emergency!
Mon Apr 07 00:00:00 EDT 2008
Who are you going to call? To answer the cry for copywriting help, husband and wife team Simon Glickman and Julia Rubiner set up an agency called, semi-tongue-in-cheek, Editorial Emergency! What kind of emergencies? "Everything from creating content from scratch to putting the polish on it," says Simon. We had a fascinating conversation with him about copywriting and branding-and pitfalls to avoid.
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Backstory
Wade Rouse, Author of "Confessions of a Prep School Mommy Handler"
Sat Apr 05 00:00:00 EDT 2008
It all started with Erma Bombeck. As a young kid growing up in the Ozarks, most other boys my age were hunting, fishing, or playing baseball. They lined their rooms with posters of George Brett and Joe Montana, or, if they were a bit older, Farrah Fawcett. But I was obsessed with Erma.
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Blog Excerpts
Mega Library Blog
Fri Apr 04 00:00:00 EDT 2008
The New York Public Library's blog is actually a compendium of the many blogs written by its staff, covering a host of curious topics from feathered hats to Julia Child! Check it out here.
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"Bad Language"
How To Blog Like a Pro
Thu Apr 03 00:00:00 EDT 2008
Less than a year after I started Bad Language, it's still a surprise to me that a) it's been as successful as it has been and b) people now ask me for advice about starting a blog. Equally, nobody told me the whole thing would be so much fun.
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Blog Du Jour
Why They Write
Wed Apr 02 00:00:00 EDT 2008
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Language Lounge
Friends of the Court
Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2008
If your Saturday night needs some excitement, join us here in the Lounge for our weekly linguistic adventure: it's a thrill ride that you can enjoy without leaving the comfort of your recliner!
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VT Tip o' the Week
Settings Panel: Relationships
Mon Mar 31 00:00:00 EDT 2008
The Relationships sub-panel allows you to control the types of relationships displayed in the Visual Thesaurus and filter your results by hiding certain relationships. This panel lists the 16 categories of relationships between words and meanings that the VT can display.
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Dog Eared
Inspiring a Writer
Mon Mar 31 00:00:00 EDT 2008
Beryl Singleton Bissell, whose Backstory we featured on Friday, is the author of the critically acclaimed The Scent of God. We asked her about the books that have most influenced her writing life. She graciously wrote us the following:
I am a huge lover of books and have many favorites, but for inspiration the following have had the greatest impact on my life as a writer.
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Backstory
Beryl Singleton Bissell, Author of "Scent of God"
Fri Mar 28 00:00:00 EDT 2008
As a child, my favorite pastime was sitting under the Ping-Pong table, over which I'd draped a cloth tent, reading. When puberty hit, I sequestered myself in my room, preferring to read about others' lives rather than living my own. Entering a cloister when I was 18 put a real crimp in my reading activities. Our reading was limited to lives of the saints and books on prayer or asceticism. The monastery library, however, held an astounding collection of Stoddard's Lectures. I read the entire series, traveling round the world with Stoddard on early 20th century journeys. When I left the monastery I crashed the local library and seized every book the staff recommended.
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