Category: writing

  • Vegas Refresh

    April was pretty hectic! First, the hubby and I took our 4-year-old to Disneyland for the first time. Needless to say, it was an awesome trip I wish we could live over and over. Then, the very next week, I was off to Las Vegas for a conference for work (my job-job, not my writing-job.)…

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  • Words on Words | Portmanteau

    I learned a new word-related thing today, so I’m sharing it! A portmanteau (i/pษ”หrtหˆmรฆntoสŠ/, /หŒpษ”หrtmรฆnหˆtoสŠ/; plural portmanteaus or portmanteaux /–หˆtoสŠz/) or portmanteau word is a linguistic blend of words,[1] in which parts of multiple words or their phones (sounds) are combined into a new word,[1][2][3] as in smog, coined by blending smoke and fog,[2][4] or…

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  • It wasn’t meant to be…

    There’s good news and bad news. I can’t ask which you’d want to receive first, so I’ll get the bad news out of the way: I’m canceling the e-newsletter. No matter how I cut it, renting a PO Box is the only way to get around the physical address requirement.ย I wish that wasn’t a dealbreaker…

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