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  1. Department of Word Lists

     Wine Words
    Wed Dec 27 00:00:00 EST 2006

    Are your olfactories overjoyed by oenology? We called wine director Jennifer Malone-Seixas, sommelier at New York's elegant Fleur De Sel restaurant, to ask her about words related to wine:

    Legs. "They're a factor in examining a wine, something you discover before you taste it. When you swirl a glass you'll see the drips of wine sheeting off the sides -- those are the legs."

    Weight. "When I'm talking about a full bodied wine or a wine moving in that direction I'll say it has a lot of weight to it. It's a palette-related comment."

    Texture. "When we say a wine is surprisingly smooth or surprisingly velvety we're referring to its texture."

  2. Word Count

     The Grammar of Stories
    Mon Dec 25 00:00:00 EST 2006

    Jon Franklin is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winning writer and distinguished journalism professor at the University of Maryland, and the author of the classic writing book Writing for Story. He's a pioneer in applying the literary techniques of fiction to nonfiction stories. We had a fascinating conversation with Jon about writing creative nonfiction.

  3. Dog Eared

     Zen of Books
    Mon Dec 25 00:00:00 EST 2006

    Garr Reynolds, the author of a terrific blog on communicating through presentations called Presentation Zen, posted a list of some of his favorite reads on the subject. But he says, "ironically, the books are not about presentations." The following are a few of his suggestions. To read the entire list please click here.

    The Zen of Creativity

    If You Want to Write

    The Laws of Simplicity

    A Whole New Mind

  4. Backstory

     Kirby Larson, author of "Hattie Big Sky"
    Sat Dec 23 00:00:00 EST 2006

    I am an incurable optimist by trade. But even I began to see visions of glasses half-full when first one, then two, then three, then four, then five years passed without a book sale. During that time, I was losing my beloved maternal grandmother, on top of some other personal stressors. Let's just say, I was safely off the chart on sad.

  5. Blog Excerpts

     Favorite Books of 2006
    Sat Dec 23 00:00:00 EST 2006
    Critical Mass, the blog of the National Book Critics Circle board of directors, lists its members' favorite books of 2006. Critic Bruce Allen talks about his:

    "The one book of 2006 that I would urge readers not to miss is Edward P. Jones's second short story collection All Aunt Hagar's Children. It's easy to lose track of Jones, who publishes so infrequently. But his first collection Lost in the City and Pulitzer-winning novel The Known World are genuine classics: richly detailed, brilliantly imagined explorations of Afro-American life, both as history and as images of the here and now, that are unsurpassed in our fiction."

    To read about more books, check out the website here.

  6. Teachers at Work

     Creating a Community of Learners
    Wed Dec 20 00:00:00 EST 2006
    When Miguel Guhlin isn't spearheading groundbreaking technology-in-the-classroom initiatives as Director of Instructional Technology Services for the San Antonio, Texas, school system, he publishes his views on 21st century learning on his respected blog, Around the Corner, read by thousands of educators around the world. We caught up with Miguel for a provocative, and inspiring, discussion.

  7. Blog Du Jour

     Community of Learners
    Wed Dec 20 00:00:00 EST 2006

    Miguel Guhlin, the innovative educator we interview in this week's "Teachers at Work" feature, recommends these "must read" blogs on technology in the classroom and other topics:

    Moving at the Speed of Creativity

    2cents

    The Savvy Technologist

    Remote Access

  8. Candlepower

     The Mysteries of Naming, Part 3
    Mon Dec 18 00:00:00 EST 2006

    Naming can seem mysterious because it's ridden with myths. And when a name-seeker approaches the naming process armed with myth rather than truth, the myth inevitably gets in the way. So let's take a few minutes to examine ten common myths about name development.

  9. Dog Eared

     MarCom Books
    Mon Dec 18 00:00:00 EST 2006

    Want to get the message across to get the revenue in? Professional copywriter Dianna Huff writes the Marcom Writer Blog, a website about marketing communications, copywriting and related topics. Here are some of the books she recommends:

    Cashing In With Content by David Meerman Scott

    Words that Sell by Richard Bayan

    The Corporate Blogging Book by Debbie Weil

    Writing White Papers by Michael A. Stelzner

  10. Blog Excerpts

     What Should I Read Next?
    Sat Dec 16 00:00:00 EST 2006
    Can't decide on a book? Let the What Should I Read Next website help! "Enter a book you like," it says, "and the site will analyze our database of real readers' favorite books to suggest what you could read next." Give it a try here.
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