Celebrated on January 18, the birthday of Peter Mark Roget, author of the Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases (better known as Roget’s Thesaurus), Thesaurus Day is a celebration of words, their meanings, and the time and care taken to craft writing which avoids monotonous repetition. Thesaurus.com provides us with the following definition for Thesaurus: …
This is gold. “Many of the residents have never seen Adelaide, and some apparently do not care whether they ever are so favored.” may be the best quote ever. On the Ozwords blog there’s a post about what’s described as the ‘Melbournising effect’ on other cities, notably Sydney. Of greatest interest is to find out …
A couple of videos, one featuring John Cleese, the other Jerry Seinfeld, both dealing with creative process. It is interesting to see the discipline involved in creating works, that when presented, seem chaotic on one hand and casual on the other. Firstly, Cleese. (Who looks relatively young in this.) Eric McKiddie has a post in …
Mark Buchanan generously provides us with an excerpt from his upcoming novel David. This section deals with Saul’s daughter, Michal, who would be given to David in a marriage that would end unhappily. The subject of this excerpt is not David though, but Samuel, the prophet who had a very complicated relationship with her father. …
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