http://www.wordskit.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:40:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.wordskit.com/blog/writing/how-to-write-sonnets-like-shakespeare/ http://www.wordskit.com/blog/writing/how-to-write-sonnets-like-shakespeare/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:57:16 +0000 admin http://www.wordskit.com/blog/?p=195 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

]]> 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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]]> I’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

]]> http://www.wordskit.com/blog/writing/words-that-sell/feed/ 0 http://www.wordskit.com/blog/writing/why-is-q-always-followed-by-u/ http://www.wordskit.com/blog/writing/why-is-q-always-followed-by-u/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:59:19 +0000 admin http://www.wordskit.com/blog/?p=147 Why 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

]]> Why 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

]]> http://www.wordskit.com/blog/writing/why-is-q-always-followed-by-u/feed/ 0 http://www.wordskit.com/blog/uncategorized/cloud/ http://www.wordskit.com/blog/uncategorized/cloud/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 05:08:07 +0000 admin http://www.wordskit.com/blog/?p=133 What 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

]]> What 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

]]> http://www.wordskit.com/blog/uncategorized/cloud/feed/ 0 http://www.wordskit.com/blog/writing/glitter-words/ http://www.wordskit.com/blog/writing/glitter-words/#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:00:46 +0000 admin http://www.wordskit.com/blog/?p=105 Here’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

]]> Here’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

]]> http://www.wordskit.com/blog/writing/glitter-words/feed/ 0 http://www.wordskit.com/blog/writing/weird/ http://www.wordskit.com/blog/writing/weird/#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:42:49 +0000 admin http://www.wordskit.com/blog/?p=97 Alright, “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

]]> Alright, “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

]]> http://www.wordskit.com/blog/writing/weird/feed/ 1 http://www.wordskit.com/blog/writing/one-sentence-and-zen-moments/ http://www.wordskit.com/blog/writing/one-sentence-and-zen-moments/#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:32:39 +0000 admin http://www.wordskit.com/blog/?p=36 I’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.

]]> I’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.

]]> http://www.wordskit.com/blog/writing/one-sentence-and-zen-moments/feed/ 0 http://www.wordskit.com/blog/writing/50-useful-blogs-for-writers/ http://www.wordskit.com/blog/writing/50-useful-blogs-for-writers/#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:50:48 +0000 admin http://www.wordskit.com/blog/?p=3 by 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

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