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February 2012
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“Suddenly the reader’s eyes were filled with tears, and a loving voice whispered...”
– Ángel González (via excessivebookshelf)
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Happiness
I just received my first payment for writing! It’s a small payment, but it is monetary compensation for writing. I’ve dreamed of this day for twelve years. I have been doing happy dances around the house since I got home (very professional, I know). I’m being paid to write. I am a paid writer.
I just thought I’d share that.
“The one who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The...”
– Albert Einstein (via msbrittanylaine)
“The minute you start enjoying yourself and the person who you’ve become, when...”
– (via wordsandlyrics)
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“Strange how a teapot can represent at the same time the comforts of solitude and...”
– Author Unknown (via birdpick)
“Dear Mr. –
It comes down to the meaning of ‘needless.’ Often a word can be...”
– A letter from brevity champion E. B. White in defense of the richness of language. (via curiositycounts)
Language Change
All languages change through time, but how they change, what drives these changes, and what kinds of changes we can expect may not be obvious. By comparing different languages, different dialects of the same language, or different historical stages of the same language, we can discover the history of languages and language groups or families. We can make hypotheses about grammar, vocabulary, and...
Reblog this and go on your page
bres-dope:
Who Ever Made This. YOU’RE A GENIUS
like my 30th time rebloggin , ilove this :D lol
oh my gawddd <3
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“Once I was asked by a seatmate on a trans-Pacific flight, a man who took the...”
– Barry Lopez (via afieldnotebook)
and the hours after that: “For moderns—for... →
hours:
“For moderns—for us—there is something illicit, it seems, about wasted time, the empty hours of contemplation when a thought unfurls, figures of speech budding and blossoming, articulation drifting like spent petals onto the dark table we all once gathered around to talk and talk, letting time get…
Imagination and Inspiration →
writersbane:
Imagination is the real and eternal world of which this vegetable universe is but a faint shadow.
WILLIAM BLAKE
An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.
CHARLES DICKENS
If writers had to wait until their precious psyches were completely serene there wouldn’t be much writing done.
WILLIAM STYRON
I sit in the dark and wait for a...
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“Yonder flimsy crescent, bent like an archer’s bow above the snowy summit…”
– From Chapter VIII, Striking Similes (via fifteenthousandusefulphrases)
chocophile:
Beautiful. This is why I love language.
to speak: a word series, pt.1
word-porn:
alieniloquy - speech on subjects other than the matter at hand; off-topic speech
alloquy- speaking to another or many others; an address
altiloquence- pompous or high speech
ambiloquous- using dubious or ambiguous expressions
amphoriloquy- cavernous voice of a patient heard over a patient’s lung cavity
anteloquy- a preface
antiloquy- speaking against some idea; contradicting or...
English Zone: American and British English →
myenglishzone:
Differences Between American and British English
While there are certainly many more varieties of English, American and British English are the two varieties that are taught in most ESL/EFL programs. Generally, it is agreed that no one version is “correct” however, there are…
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I guess it's all the same: OH my god. →
wibblywobblytumblrywumblry:
Say “comfortably” out loud
Look at the spelling of “comfortably”
Think about how you pronounced it
cum-fert-uh-blee =/= cumf-ter-blee. at all.
how did the “t” get in front of the “or” and where did the “a” go
oh my god I’m panicking
what is happening
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IS FALLING APART…
chocophile:
This is why I cannot say “comfortable.”...
“You must write every single day of your life… You must lurk in libraries and...”
– Ray Bradbury (via doubledaybooks)
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Favorite Tea Brand?
In my opinion, you can’t beat Twinings of London (especially their Irish Breakfast blend). I could live on it. Does anyone else have a favorite brand, or a favorite blend of which you just can’t get enough?
“Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will...”
– John 14:7 (via courtneyjoanna)
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What happened to Regina?
When did Regina get that kind of foresight? She’s always been impulsive, but the past two episodes, her actions have been so thought out! I don’t understand!
“I’m in love with you, and I’m not in the business of denying myself the simple...”
– John Green, The Fault in Our Stars (via erikadurdle)
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The Empty Manuscript: Writing Progress Tracker →
jtoday:
I’ve added a progress tracker at the top of my page for my main fantasy series. I have no title for it rawr. If you click on it, it shows a chart that I can update my progress on and see how I’m doing and stuff like that. Probably only interesting to me (and maybe Chris) but oh well….