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Allow Us to Persuade You
Sat Oct 13 00:00:00 EDT 2007
"Want to convince your readers to do something or agree with your point of view? OK, that was a silly question. Of course you do.," says the site Copyblogger. But how? Read their entry on persuasive writing techniques -- and you'll be sold.
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Behind the Dictionary
Word Lovin' Iconoclast
Wed Oct 10 00:00:00 EDT 2007
Gelett Burgess. Rings a bell? This irrepressible early 20th century figure was at once a linguistic inventor, humorist, poet and creative powerhouse who today is... almost forgotten. Which is a shame, and which is why we celebrate the re-release after a long, long slumber of his classic Burgess Unabridged: A Classic Dictionary of Words You Have Always Needed. We spoke to lexicographer Paul Dickson, who wrote a new foreword to the book, about this remarkable man and his work.
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Blog Du Jour
Book Agents Unplugged!
Wed Oct 10 00:00:00 EDT 2007
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Candlepower
How Words Become Names (Part One)
Mon Oct 08 00:00:00 EDT 2007
When you're naming a business or a product, you look at words through a different lens than the novelist or historian. They think in sentences, paragraphs, chapters, or even volumes; you must think in single-word nuggets of meaning. Your job is to distill the essence -- and even the unknown future -- of your product or company in one, or sometimes two, perfectly suited words.
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Dog Eared
Michelle Richmond's Reads
Mon Oct 08 00:00:00 EDT 2007
We asked author Michelle Richmond, whose latest novel is The Year of Fog, about books that inspire her writing. She graciously sent us these picks: (Thanks, Michelle!)
The Death of a Beekeeper, by Lars Gustafsson
"This beautifully humane and intellectually playful novella about disease, death, and the noble desire to 'begin again' is in my annual rotation. I love Gustafsson's use of lists to reveal his protagonist's most intimate self."
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Wordmasters
WordMasters: Grade 3 Blue Division Nov-Dec '07
Sat Oct 06 00:00:00 EDT 2007
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WordMasters: Grade 3 Gold Division Nov-Dec '07
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WordMasters: Grade 4 Blue Division Nov-Dec '07
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WordMasters: Grade 4 Gold Division Nov-Dec '07
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WordMasters: Grade 5 Blue Division Nov-Dec '07
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