Aging with Confetti

Aging with Confetti

Life can be celebratory or angst-filled. It’s a choice that individuals face daily, though most of the world’s people may not feel it to be so. God granted us choice via free will. I live in America, where choices are abundant when one is middle class....
Regrets, I have a few…

Regrets, I have a few…

August 2 question: Have you ever written something that afterward you felt conflicted about? If so, did you let it stay how it was, take it out, or rewrite it? Well, well, well. This is an interesting topic… I’m a writer who has a keen sense of irony, a...
Delightful and Dubious Words in Book Reviews

Delightful and Dubious Words in Book Reviews

Are you an author desperately seeking the validation that a book review brings? I will be soon… stand by. We all conceive of a book review as a grade or a referee report that gets published and therefore publicized. We don’t want to embarrass our M.F.A....
The Origin and Sustainability of TGIF

The Origin and Sustainability of TGIF

#TGIF is a ubiquitous acronym, so much so that it’s earned its own hashtag. In the current social media-run milieu that means it’s high value, endemic to our culture. A hashtag is an anointment! The phrase “Thank God it’s Friday” was reportedly uttered...
The Wordsmithing of Others

The Wordsmithing of Others

From: Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) – I wanted to save these, so I copy-pasted. Disclaimer: this is not original content, though I wish it were… What words have you coined, I asked readers this week and their coinages poured in. Here’s a selection....