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  1. Blog Du Jour

     Listening to Language
    Wed Aug 29 00:00:00 EDT 2007

    Listening to language-related tips, talk, stories, controversies, usage questions and even a joke or two, that is. Where? On these language podcasts and internet broadcasts:

    Grammar Girl

    Australia's Lingua Franca

    BBC's Word of Mouth

    The Word Nerds

  2. "Bad Language"

     How To Be A Freelance Journalist
    Mon Aug 27 00:00:00 EDT 2007
    I used to be a freelance journalist. I gave up and went over to the dark (corporate) side where I am now a copywriter for big tech companies. This is a summary of a longer post on my blog that tries to sum up whatever lessons I can remember about being a freelance hack. Your mileage may vary.

  3. Dog Eared

     Still Summer (Reading)!
    Mon Aug 27 00:00:00 EDT 2007
    Yes, yes, we know Labor Day is just a week away. But when we heard these late-August book picks on NPR from the fantastic literary blog The Millions we thought, hmm, they'll help you stretch your summer reading, at least, all the way to winter!

    Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow

    Pastoralia by George Saunders

    East of Eden by John Steinbeck

    One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

    The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll by Alvaro Mutis

  4. Blog Excerpts

     Ficlet Alert!
    Sat Aug 25 00:00:00 EDT 2007
    A what alert? Their site explains: "A ficlet is a short story that enables you to collaborate with the world.Once you've written and shared your ficlet, any other user can pick up the narrative thread by adding a prequel or sequel. In this manner, you may know where the story begins, but you'll never guess where (or even if!) it ends." Click here to give it a try.

  5. Contest

     The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: August Edition!
    Sat Aug 25 00:00:00 EDT 2007
    Time for this month's Visual Thesaurus puzzle! Like all our crosswords, you can use the Visual Thesaurus to help you figure out the puzzle's theme. Think you know the answer? Let us know by clicking here. Please submit your answer by September 1, 2007. How about last month's crossword? The theme was "first family." Thanks to all who solved and sent it!

  6. Blog Du Jour

     OUP Blog
    Wed Aug 22 00:00:00 EDT 2007

    The terrific Oxford University Press blog recommends a bunch of other terrific blogs about language. Here are a few of our favorites:

    Read Steady Book

    fade theory

    The Elegant Variation

    Beatrice

  7. Word Count

     Re-Imagining Publishing
    Wed Aug 22 00:00:00 EDT 2007
    Visual Thesaurus subscriber Julie Trelstad runs a company called Plain White Press that is re-imagining -- and re-inventing -- what it means to publish a book. Does a book's content need to nestle between two covers? Can you sidestep traditional publishers, do it yourself, and still make a splash at Barnes & Noble? We had a fascinating, enlightening conversation with Julie about this brave new book world:

  8. Candlepower

     Dip Into History to Write Winning Leads
    Mon Aug 20 00:00:00 EDT 2007
    One of the toughest jobs in marketing and PR communications is getting your target audience to read what you have written. After all, if your press release, brochure, web page, sales letter or newsletter article isn't read, it fails totally.

  9. Dog Eared

     Learn Another Language!
    Mon Aug 20 00:00:00 EDT 2007

    Heading to, say, India and want to bone up on your Hindi (or your Malayalam, Kannada or Oriya)? These books can help:

    How To Learn Any Language by Barry M. Farber

    Learning Foreign Languages: Everything You Need To Know by Brandon Simpson

    The Quick and Dirty Guide to Learning Languages Fast by A. G. Hawke

    Why You Need a Foreign Language & How to Learn One by Edward Trimnell

    The Loom of Language by Frederick Bodmer

  10. Blog Excerpts

     What Would Ogilvy Do?
    Sat Aug 18 00:00:00 EDT 2007
    The copyblogger website writes: "One would think that the wisdom of [advertising guru David] Ogilvy would have little application to social media marketing. However, I think his philosophies are dead on the money." Read how here.
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