Work is pouring around my ears and I have never spent so much time in MS Word while not working on my writing. That said, today’s blog spotlight is Combreviations. The blurb on the side explains combreviations as what happens when you talk too fast (and too often) and force evolve English by combining words to abbreviate. Combreviations are dogs,
Goal Update
Six weeks ago, I publicly announced my goals. For my 100th (yep, I was surprised too) post, it’s update time. Goal 1: Complete the most recent FALLING TO NORMAL revision before conference time.Status: I’ve thought about revising. The manuscript has notes all over it. I have a better chart. And cards. Just not the brain power. Whenever it comes to
Best in the Zombie Show
Zombie Thursdays is a weekly feature with guest blogger, Miranda. You can read more about her here. It probably seems like I am all zombies, all the time. While part of this is true, I also have several other interests that may surprise you. Right now the world is coming down from one of the biggest sporting events of the
Jeopardy Review
The quiz that was scheduled for last Friday was postponed to this Friday. Phantasma’s classmates are struggling with the animal kingdom, even with the extra study aids that Beth sent out. I’d be lying if I said Phantasma understood everything – she didn’t. She had problems finishing the study sheets and blamed the cat. (Quite possible it was either The
Some Things Shouldn’t Cost a Buck
In the continued effort to hold off on revising for as long as possible, I took a break yesterday to pick up some fleece. In the same shopping plaza as Jo Ann Fabrics is a Dollar Tree. Everything in Dollar Tree is a dollar – everything. Stationary? A dollar.Kitchen stuff? A dollar.Winter accessories? A dollar. Even these, were a dollar.