Helping to Change the World…Word by Word
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Helping to Change the World Word by Word
Dilbert decides to write a novel.
It’s not going quite as planned. Can you relate?
(I’ve been reminded that posting the actual cartoon on the blog is a violation of copyright laws. Therefore you will have to exercise your fingers by clicking each link below to enjoy today’s Fun Friday.)
In case you missed the news, last Tuesday the court approved the sale of the Family Christian Stores (FCS) to FCS Acquisitions. The new owner is basically the previous owner since Richard Jackson was part of that company too (which I have written about before-click to read). This sale, in essence, wipes clean over $120 million in debt that the stores owed. Their $75 million in assets will be …
Since Karen wrote a blog on dialect I thought this video was appropriate this week. Take a deep breath and for seven minutes be mesmerized by the language differences around the world. If you are writing a novel set in one of these places…be very careful with your regional research! Wow.
This isn’t something you see every day. A musical combo of Recorder and Beatbox. Think of the hours of practice that went into his expertise! Do you spend as much time perfecting your writing craft?
I have the privilege of reading for a living. Someone once asked “What do you do for a living?” I replied, “I read.” Then they asked what I did for fun. And I replied with a huge smile, “I read.” But not all reading is alike. There is immersive reading of a technical nature. There is escapist reading of a great thriller. And there is cursory reading where you …
Do either of these cartoon elicit a similar feeling from you? from Pearls Before Swine From The Awkward Yeti
According to various sources there are about one million words in the English language. Approximately 750,000 of them are technical or scientific. That leaves us with 250,000 words with which to communicate. But the Oxford English Dictionary Unabridged has only 170,000 words in it. And I doubt any of us know all of them or use them. According to the TestYourVocab.com website the average person …
Recently Brad Martin, the President and CEO of Penguin Random House Canada, was quoted as saying the following: “I’m not interested in a book that is going to generate less than $100,000 in revenue unless the editor or publisher [division] has a compelling vision for the book and/or the author…If the person that’s championing that book in the acquisitions meeting doesn’t have a compelling view of …
A televised talent show in Germany…for contestants ages 8 to 14 years old. The Voice Kids (Germany). It is always inspiring to find amazing talent. (The young girl’s name is Solomia Lukyanets.)
