When you’re waiting for the other shoe to drop, are you caught out in a rainstorm of shoes? No, you are waiting for something to happen, something that you expect to happen. But what does waiting have to do with shoes? For the answer to this, we need to go back in time to manufacturing…
Words, Writing, Yes, There's a Word for That
Yes, There’s a Word for That
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• •What is the word that describes being clumsy or unskilled with both hands? When you throw someone or something out of a window, what have you done? What are individuals who are involved in bribery and corruption known as? If you have coulrophobia, will you be going to see IT? ambisinistrous – A person who…
Book Reviews, Fiction Writing, War
The Chords of War – a Review
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• •Confusing Words, Fiction Writing, Words
Confusing Words from Indicted to Innocents
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• •Would one be indicted or indited by a grand jury? If someone lacks good judgment and prudence, are they indiscreet or indiscrete? Is endless or unlimited space infinity or affinity? Is a person who is open and frank ingenious or ingenuous? indicted, indited Indicted is the act of a grand jury bringing a formal accusation…
Book Reviews, Books for Young People, Children's Books, Fiction Writing
Ellie the Wienerdog: It’s Hard to Swim – a Review
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• •Book Reviews, Life's Adventures, Reading
Teddy Rose Interview – Virtual Author Book Tours
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• •Collective Nouns, Fiction Writing, Writing Prompts and Exercises
A Banquet of Cooks and other People Collective Nouns
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• •Book Reviews, Dark Fiction, Fiction Writing, Horror, New Words Learned, Suspense/Thrillers, Words
The Halloween Children – a Review
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• •Something eerie is going on at Stillbrook Apartments where Harris is the maintenance man. The bizarre and disturbing residents, screaming birds, strange noises and odors, an eerie abandoned unit—these all add up to make a chilling and oppressive atmosphere. I’m so glad that I don’t live there. This spooky tale is told by Harris and…