Tag Archive | language
8 Basic Tips for Social Media Etiquette
Originally posted on The PBS Blog:
On social media, everything is a part of your brand and is an extension of you. People don’t know you personally so all they have to work with is the vibes you give off. From the way that you send emails, your blog posts, your social media posts and…
Uploading your Self-Published eBook to Lulu
Originally posted on Plaisted Formatting & Genealogy:
Welcome to the world of LULU Uploading. As promised here is the second installment about UPLOADING…This time it’s for eBOOKS. WE start with picking what we wish to publish, of course this time it is the ebook we wish to do. So follow the images and I’ll explain…
Warn or worn?
Originally posted on LibroEditing proofreading, editing, transcription, localisation:
This one was suggested by my friend Linda quite a long time ago; I have revived these Troublesome Pairs posts yet again, so watch out for some good ones coming up over the next few weeks. This is a tricky one for those who get vowels mixed…
Tsundoku: The Art of Not Reading
Originally posted on Kristen Twardowski:
There is a word for not reading. Or rather, there is a term for collecting books and never opening their covers. That word is tsundoku. The Japanese word tsundoku stands for a state in which many readers find themselves. The term is actually a combination of several words. Alone, doku…
Altar or alter?
Originally posted on LibroEditing proofreading, editing, transcription, localisation:
Hooray, I seem to be doing these posts more regularly again now. They have lots of fans, so hope regular readers are pleased. Of course, if you’ve just found this post having searched for “altar or alter”, you’re going to be a bit confused by that statement,…
10 Do’s and No-no’s of Fantasy Languages: Guest Post by Charles E. Yallowitz
Originally posted on Nicholas C. Rossis:
One of the great things about building a platform is the wonderful people you get to meet. One such person is Charles E. Yallowitz, author of the epic fantasy series Legends of Windemere. The latest book is Sleeper of the Wildwood Fugue. He also just released a 27-page short story for 99…
27 Interesting Facts about Words
Interesting Literature Fun facts about words and the English language The stuff of literature is, of course, words. As Samuel Taylor Coleridge observed, ‘Prose = words in their best order; – poetry = the best words in the best order.’ In this post, we’ve gathered up 27 of the best facts about words that we’ve […]
Thoughts on Writing – Creating Fantasy Languages
Originally posted on Stephanie Flint – Author and Artist:
One of the topics I’ve been thinking about recently is creating fantasy languages. Reason being, I’m creating a language for use in my YA fantasy manuscript, The Wishing Blade. Now, in the original draft (and even across several drafts for different books in that world), I…
How Language Shapes our World
Originally posted on Nicholas C. Rossis:
by MandMX.com Noam Chomsky is famous for his suggestion that language shapes the way we think. Put very simply, we have no concept of anything we can’t describe with words. He also believes there is a universal grammar that all humans instinctively adhere to. Although I personally think he…
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