You know the feeling – when you jump into or have cold water poured over you – that gasp, that surge, THAT feeling. What’s it called? Shock? no not quite you knew it was coming when you jumped. Well don’t worry language’s got you covered thanks to the Scottish there’s a word for that…
As I said in the Monday post it’s time to rearrange the blog furniture. It’ll give it a fresh feel and keep it flowing for me. So Wednesday is going from being a wildcard to being about words. Here I’ll share answers to my questions, words I’ve found that I like, and quotations I like. What questions you ask… well things like what’s our cosmic address? what is the distribution of eye color in the world population? what do you call things that give you a creepy feeling? What did Romans call their spies? how many written characters does language need? I promise I’ll give you the answers I found for these and other things in the following Wednesday Words posts.
Okay last Tuesday I let slip one of my dirty blogging secrets – I prewrite and schedule posts. Today I’ll explain and air out another little thing you might have picked up on if you’ve been paying attention to my posts. (more…)
When I sat in a bookstore with a coffee thinking about my blog and what to do next. I wished I had a way to share my fiction writing. (more…)
Mary Louise Eklund 