I’m a poet by hobby, and people ask me all the time how to write sonnets like Shakespeare. People around the world love Shakespeare’s sonnets, the vast majority of which are love poems
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How to Write Sonnets like Shakespeare
Friday, October 30th, 2009Words That Sell
Thursday, July 16th, 2009I’m going to strike off in another direction today. I want to talk to those writers of sales copy who might be reading “Word Skit”. Yeah, that’s right, we’re talking
Why Is Q Always Followed by U?
Monday, July 13th, 2009Why Is Q Always Followed by U?: Word-Perfect Answers to the Most-Asked Questions About Language is a hardcover book by Michael Quinion which was released recently (July 2, 2009) that many
Word Clouds
Monday, July 6th, 2009What is a word cloud? Word Clouds are visual depictions of the word content for a website: a keyword used to describe a piece of information used on a website. This description is known as a
Glitter Words
Monday, June 22nd, 2009Here’s a question for the ages I was asked from a reader: What Are “Glitter Words” and “Myspace Words”? MySpace Words and “Glitter Words” are used as
Weird Words
Thursday, June 18th, 2009Alright, “weird” isn’t my word: it’s Google’s word. When I typed in the word “words” on Google, I wanted to see what optional searches were given
One Sentence and Zen Moments
Thursday, March 26th, 2009I’ve been playing around at Stumble Upon tonight, and I’ve found a couple of well-written sites I’d like to share. The first is an example of brevity being the soul of wit.
50 Useful Blogs for Writers
Monday, March 23rd, 2009by Randy Ray Good writers enjoy reading. They also enjoy words, sentences, paragraphs, and pages. The following blogs offer useful (and sometimes funny) advice and perspectives on writing for