Browsing Month April, 2008
Writer’s Block? Kvit Your Kvetching!
Great advice about writer’s block. For starters, quit whining. Whining is the white blue smoke in your tailpipe that lets you know you’re burning mental oil. It means you’re unconsciously devoting cycles to something that you can’t, won’t, or shouldn’t be spending time thinking about. Otherwise, why would it be bothering you, right? You’d be more…
Ving, Vang, Vong
In an editorial subtitled “The Pleasures of a New Vocabulary,” Verlyn Klinkenborg beautifully describes the thrill of picking up unfamiliar words while acquiring a new skill. Who knew that “scandalize” was a sailing term? (Okay, besides sailors.) It means “to make a sail smaller,” and is an alteration of “scantelize,” which may have something to more…
Back Home Again in Indiana (Sort of )
I’m delighted to say that Grant and I will be in Indianapolis this weekend for several important fundraising events. We’ll be in the studios of NPR affiliate WFYI, pitching live during their spring membership campaign on Saturday, April 12, from noon to 1 p.m., when “A Way with Words” is broadcast. If you’ve been thinking more…
