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Blog Du Jour
Obscure Words
Wed Nov 28 00:00:00 EST 2007
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Dog Eared
Kristy Kiernan's Reads
Mon Nov 26 00:00:00 EST 2007
We asked author Kristy Kiernan, whose latest novel is Catching Genius, about books that inspire her writing. She graciously sent us these picks: (Thanks, Kristy!)
1 Dead in Attic by Chris Rose. "This is non-fiction from a journalist in New Orleans. It's a compilation of his columns from right after Katrina. The introduction gave me chills because I'm a writer; the rest of the book gave me chills because I'm human."
A Fatal Waltz by Tasha Alexander. "Okay, I'm cheating on this one a little. I was lucky enough to get an Advance Reading Copy and the book isn't available until Feb. 1, 2008. However, this gives you time to pick up her first two books, And Only to Deceive and A Poisoned Season, and get hooked on these historical suspense novels set in Victorian England, featuring the most likable heroine I've ever read in a series, Lady Emily Ashton."
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Candlepower
How Words Become Names (Part Two)
Mon Nov 26 00:00:00 EST 2007
In Part One of this series, I talked about three common ways to create product and company names: from people's names, from connecting two words, and by creating a blend or portmanteau. As naming exercises go, those three techniques are among the most basic. In this installment we move into Intermediate Naming: techniques that require a bit more mastery of the workings of language but can reward you with distinctive, memorable names.
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Blog Excerpts
Make Your Blog Heard
Fri Nov 23 00:00:00 EST 2007
Journalist Amy Gahran of the blog Contentious shares her secret for getting people to read your blog: "Strategic commenting." As Amy explains, "If you view your blog as part of a public conversation, rather than a mere publication, then an easy way to attract more interest and interaction becomes obvious." Read her post here.
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Contest
The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: November Edition!
Fri Nov 23 00:00:00 EST 2007
Ready for this month's puzzle? The theme is "Natural Selections." Have fun and good luck!
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Word Count
Are you doomed like Sisyphus?
Wed Nov 21 00:00:00 EST 2007
In a dark and gloomy pit, deep in the bowels of the earth, a large and strongly muscled man rolls a heavy boulder up a steep hill. The task takes him the entire day. But when he gets to the top, ooophhhh, the stone escapes his grasp and rolls right back down to the bottom. So the next day he must begin all over again.
If you received a classical education, or if you simply enjoy mythology, you will recognize this story as the myth of Sisyphus from the Greeks. Poor Sisyphus never catches a break. The same damn stone rolls down the same hill every night and he must push it right back up again the next day. For eternity. So, my question to writers: Why are you behaving like Sisyphus?
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Blog Du Jour
Cowboy Talk
Wed Nov 21 00:00:00 EST 2007
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Dog Eared
College Admissions Books
Mon Nov 19 00:00:00 EST 2007
We asked Shannon Reed, who contributed a recent "Teachers at Work" column on choosing colleges, to recommend books about the college admissions process. Here are her picks: (Thanks, Shannon!)
Fishing For a Major: What You Need to Know Before You Declare "I confess, I've never read this, but my students tell me it truly helped them. They like that it's written in a student-to-student style, which uses language they understand."
Profiles of American Colleges with CD-ROM "I do not believe the results of any survey, ever. And that includes all of those college ranking books. Plus, I don't need my students to mope through the rest of their senior year because their future university ranks only 38th on the "party schools" list. This guide suits my style far better, with detailed information on over 1600 schools in book and CD-ROM format. Hey, remember CD-ROMs? Never mind, we'll save that discussion for another day."
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Lesson Plans
Shades of Meaning
Mon Nov 19 00:00:00 EST 2007
In this lesson, small groups of students will compete in a "shades of meaning" contest to see which group can use the VT to help them match words with similar definitions but different connotations in the shortest amount of time.
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Blog Excerpts
Any Kind of Writing
Fri Nov 16 00:00:00 EST 2007
Absolute Write bills itself as the "one-stop web home for professional and beginning writers. From newsletters to forums to columns to courses, it's got what word jockeys need! Check it out here.
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