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The Origin of the Phrase ‘Goody Two-Shoes’
Interesting Literature Where did the expression ‘Goody Two-Shoes’ come from? Its history is, in part, a literary one… The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes was a story, published anonymously in 1765, about an orphan girl who goes through life wearing only one shoe. However, this wasn’t where the expression ‘goody two-shoes’ originally came from: the phrase is […]
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 […]
Which of my characters scares me? Who supports my writing? And more! At Crystal’s Many Reviewer’s today! :D #interview #spotlight
Originally posted on Leta Blake:
Today I’m over at Crystal’s Many Reviewers as a Spotlight Author for Beyond the Last Page! Thank you, Crystal, for your awesome interview questions! I actually did this interview several months ago, so you’ll find that I talk about the process of writing Training Complex as an ongoing thing rather…
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