I leave out the parts that people skip." Elmore Leonard (who knows a thing or two about catchy writing) On a recent road …
Straight from the horse’s mouth: Why I love idioms and foreign-language terms
As a language lover, idioms for me are the secret sauce that keeps English entertaining and connected across generations. When …
Continue Reading about Straight from the horse’s mouth: Why I love idioms and foreign-language terms
Writer’s block? Step outside.
Before you can edit, you must write, and the struggle of the blank page can be real. Whether you are stuck on the concluding …
Hard copy and a red pencil
Often, by the time you get to the proofreading stage, you have engaged with a piece of writing dozens of times. The writer and the …