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And the Writer's Desk contest winner is...
Fri Jun 02 00:00:00 EDT 2006
We couldn't decide -- we received photos of so many desks, well-organized or, ahem, other!
We loved these three entries:
The first desk belongs to Mark Husson of Denver, CO, who writes "forecasts of the astrological kind."
The second is the writing desk of Cindy Mitchell, a communications director and writer in Olympia, WA.
And, finally, Particia Olson sent us a picture of hers. She says: "Here's a picture of my desk while I was writing my dissertation. Filing and cleaning was neglected for several years while I plugged my way through endless revisions and delays..."
Mark, Cindy and Particia: Thank you so much for your submissions! We're sending each of you a limited edition Visual Thesaurus T-shirt!
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Language Lounge
A Nice Lady Poet
Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2006
The Loungeurs drop all work in hand this month to defend a double-barrelled charge against a particular poet and against thesaurus users from the likes of a mere radio personality.
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Word Count
Young Readers. Grown Up Writing.
Wed May 31 00:00:00 EDT 2006
When Jennifer Holm started writing books she didn't expect to be writing "kid lit." But nine books and Newbery Honor, Parents Choice Silver and Publisher's Weekly Best Book -- and more -- awards later, she's found her niche.
"I didn't write my first novel as a children's book. I just wrote it," Jennifer says. But her agent thought it would be great for younger readers. Jennifer was surprised. "I thought it was too racy -- there's some violence and death in it." She realized a lot had changed in children's literature since she was a kid. "I was kind of behind the times."
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Blog Du Jour
A Poet's Blogs
Wed May 31 00:00:00 EDT 2006
Subscriber Lisa Manzi is a poet who writes a blog called Lam(b). She graciously submitted a list of her favorite blogs:
BookGirl's Nightstand. Iliana reads a lot and she'll send you in the right direction when it comes to books. She's got a book review section if you're thinking of buying something and need another opinion.
dumbfoundry and Silliman's Blog both cover all things poetry.
Fascinating History is ... like the title says. You never know what you'll find or when it will be covering.
Ghost Word covers books, authors, book store and publishing news.
Loose Leaf Notes
is a writer's blog. Colleen talks about her family, nature, and her writing life. She likes to play scrabble.
And when in need of a giggle, I go visit The Dormitory Boys.
Don't forget: Send us your favorite blogs -- and tell us why you like 'em. Email us.
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Dog Eared
100 Best Books for Children
Mon May 29 00:00:00 EDT 2006
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Backstory
Sara Gran, author of "Dope"
Fri May 26 00:00:00 EDT 2006
It's probably true that you write the books you'd like to read. One day I started, just for fun, writing a book I had always wanted to read; a mystery novel as hard-boiled as I could make it, but with two significant restrictions: I wanted a woman in the lead role, and I wanted to make all the characters as real as I could, rather then rely on the conventions of noir, or the conventions of society at large (for example, the conventional wisdom that drug addicts are evil and heartless, that family is always kind and helpful, and so on). I loved old mystery novels and noir films (and still do), but as dark as some of them are, I felt like few were honest enough. Most seemed to stop short of some truth about the detective and his client, and I wanted to go beyond that point, to get at a deeper, more resonant place in the mystery. A further restriction I set for myself as I went along was that, aside from all my high-flying literary ideas, the book had to be an engaging mystery as well. I'd read plenty of "literary" mysteries that were neither.
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Blog Excerpts
Ban Laptops from the Classroom?
Fri May 26 00:00:00 EDT 2006
This entry comes from Collision Detection, a fascinating blog written by science, technology and culture writer Clive Thompson. Clive, who writes for the New York Times Magazine, Wired, Discover, among others, is a refreshingly original and independent thinker. I highly recommend his blog. This entry was posted 3/31/06:
Should students be banned from using laptops in class?
University of Memphis law professor June Entman recently took a step that deeply freaked out her first-year law students: She banned laptops in her class. As the Memphis Commercial Appeal -- there's a newspaper called "The Commercial Appeal"?? -- reports:
"My main concern was they were focusing on trying to transcribe every word that was I saying, rather than thinking and analyzing," Entman said. "The computers interfere with making eye contact. You've got this picket fence between you and the students."
Entman's students have had three classes without laptops. Cory Winsett, a first-year law student, said his participation in class has dropped because he's too busy writing notes on the lecture. And his notes are less organized and hard to read when he gets home. "If we continue without laptops, I'm out of here. I'm gone; I won't be able to keep up," Winsett said.
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Teachers at Work
American School for the Deaf
Wed May 24 00:00:00 EDT 2006
We recently spoke with Francisco Abeyta, the Education Technology Coordinator at the American School for the Deaf in Hartford, CT. The school introduced Visual Thesaurus to its 250 students last October. Francisco tells us how it's working out.
VT: How does Visual Thesaurus fit in your classroom?
Francisco: In one of our high school-level reading classes, students have laptops that connect to the internet. The teacher has a laptop that connects to an LCD projector. The students have their books open, and their laptops open to the Visual Thesaurus. When they come to a word that they don't understand they'll enter it in the Visual Thesaurus. When the teacher wants to go over some of the language, she'll project the entry from her laptop.
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Blog Du Jour
Interactive Blogs to Write By...
Wed May 24 00:00:00 EDT 2006
Subscriber Donna Karlin, an executive coach whose own blog is A Better Perspective, says, "these are great interactive blogs where you have a set amount of time to write about a given word, poem or caption."
One Word
PoETC
One Caption
Don't forget: Send us your favorite blogs -- and tell us why you like 'em. Email us.
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Language Lounge
Reader's Question, Lounge's Answer
Mon May 22 00:00:00 EDT 2006
Subscriber Bertha from England asks:
I enjoyed reading your article Writer's Craft in March, and will take great care when using the word "craft." I was actually surprised to learn that using it with regard to writing a position paper amounts to some abuse (or misuse! I have often stated that in my work!
On to what I really want to comment on: a recent word of the day "preen." I looked up synonyms and discovered one "primp" whose meaning appears to be similar if not the same as a word used in the US "pimp" as in "pimp my car." I first heard this expression while watching a television programme showing a group of mechanics who transform an old, beaten up, rusty car into a new wonderful and very attractive vehicles with all sorts of fittings in the interior. At the end when the owner of the vehicle sees how transformed it is they exclaim, "Thank you Mr. X for pimping my ride!" Now, I wonder, are the two words the same?
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