Category: Words

Fiction Writing, Idioms, Words

by Lisa • March 21, 2025 • 0 Comments

Are you a Nervous Nellie? Or perhaps you’re a Negative Nellie. Has anyone ever said to you, “Not on your Nelly?” What do these idioms mean?

Grumbletonian & Other Words to Describe People

by Lisa • March 19, 2025 • 1 Comment

Why use common words like untidy, contemptible, vain, simple, etc., when describing a person when there are so many fun words available to use?

And Then There Were Bodies – a Review

by Lisa • December 18, 2024 • 0 Comments

𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘍𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴, but now there are bodies. And now one, specifically a skeleton, has turned up in the basement of the library Luci inherited from her grandmother.

by Lisa • October 30, 2024 • 0 Comments

Three young men who have just graduated from law school are on their way home after all the celebrations. Drunk and high, they hit a child on a bicycle. After examining the child, they are certain she is dead, so they bury her and her bicycle in the woods. Being buried alive is the stuff of nightmares.

Conduit to Murder – a Review

by Lisa • September 25, 2024 • 1 Comment

Inspector Sheehan is back. He’s on the trail of a very dangerous killer, one who somehow knows what the police are up to, who their potential witnesses are, where each of those on the case live, etc. They have a leak, possibly from someone inside the police station.

The Groundworld Heroes – a Review

by Lisa • September 20, 2024 • 1 Comment

Adventure, friendship, bravery, teamwork, and survival: 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐺𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑒𝑠 has all that and more. Wacky humor also fills the pages of this entertaining story.

Valiance – a Review

by Lisa • September 12, 2024 • 1 Comment

Something strange is happening in a rural settlement at the edge of our galaxy. The fog is alive, and if it surrounds you, it changes you.

Alcatraz: The Last Escape – a Review

by Lisa • June 14, 2024 • 1 Comment

𝐴𝑙𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑧: 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝐸𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑒 tells the story of a daring escape from a prison that was supposed to be impossible to escape from. In 1979, the movie Escape from Alcatraz was released. According to this movie, Frank Morris, John Anglin, and Clarence Anglin did succeed in escaping from Alcatraz only to drown and become fish food. That wasn’t much of a success. But is that what really happened?

Spitchcock vs. Spatchcock

by Lisa • December 20, 2023 • 0 Comments

Adding new words to my vocabulary is something I really like to do. Since I like learning new words so much, I receive a new word each day in my email. Today’s word was spitchcock.

Fatal Blooms – a Review

by Lisa • November 27, 2023 • 0 Comments

Flowers are beautiful, and their lovely smell can brighten your day. Plenty of flowers can be seen at weddings as well as funerals. But certain flowers can also kill.