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[Previous posts in the Words I Like series here.] All hail the double dactyl! More from Eric McKean at her blog, which is deeply entertaining.
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When we moved, lo these two months ago, we unboxed about half our library, the entirety of which had been in storage for several years. When we packed them up, we hadn’t the room and yet couldn’t bear to be parted from them, so into the dark they’d gone until such a time as we [...]
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Posting will be light to nonexistent this week—I’m finishing up a project that feels unlikely to get done. But I believe . . .
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I’m starting a new series for the very special day we know here in America as “Friday,” and because the series is about words I like and because I’m incredibly creative, I call it “Words I Like.” I have chosen, as the series’ inaugural word, “playwright” (noun): a person who writes plays. If you were [...]
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Sorry I’ve been a little light on posting this week. I’m having a devil of a time finding both the time and the creative juice to get work done and blog. Editing and writing are very different mental processes for me, so when I’m working on an editing project (as I am now), it’s hard [...]
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