Discovering Crutch Words with Wordle

/ February 11, 2011

Falling to Normal Wordle Crutch words are those sneaky things that are the backbone of your personal vernacular. They can be disguised as fillers, such as “um,” or actual phrases, like “you know?” and “omigod!” They’re so insidious an unobservant person wouldn’t pick up on them.* This is one of the things you should be on the lookout for during

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Zombie Sex-tacular presents “Toys for the Twisted”

Ag2218/ February 10, 2011

Zombie Thursdays is a weekly feature with guest blogger, Miranda. You can read more about her here. **WARNING** Today’s Zombie Thursday blog is NOT intended for anyone under the age of 18. If you’re under 18, you should not be reading this. I recommend that you click on this link instead and try your hand at writing creepy gothic haiku.

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Bring on the Love

/ February 9, 2011

Every Wednesday, YA Highway asks their readership a simple question to answer on your blog. Once you answer, you link your blog in the comments for other readers to hop on board. This is Road Trip Wednesday. Today’s question: Who are your favorite literary couples? This should be a super-easy question. I mean, who doesn’t have couples they love seeing

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Contest Time, Haiku Style

/ February 8, 2011

That’s right, it’s contest time. No, not the 100 follower celebration–The Pie is still at 96. This contest is to write the creepiest, scariest, OMG-I’m-peeing-my-pants-in-fear haiku about the girl from yesterday’s post. How do I write a haiku?Easy. It’s three lines and a total of 17 syllables.First line: 5 syllablesSecond line: 7 syllablesThird line: 5 syllablesThat’s all. How do I

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Monday Haiku

/ February 7, 2011

It’s Monday, Lurkdom and while I so desperately want to discuss what you can learn about writing from R Kelly, the day job keeps surprising me. Which is a good thing as that means my job is secure for another day. So, because I must be diligent, I’ll leave you to your day with another haiku.photo © 2006 D. Sharon

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