No Matter Where I Am
By Annette Rey
The other day I got an unexpected break and had a couple of hours on my hands – quite an unusual treat. Because I never can just drop everything and do what I imagine the average person does (have fun), I made two business stops first. Then I took time for myself.
It was a beautiful, sunny day. I felt light and airy, too. Where did I go?
When You Cannot Remember the Word (Lethologica)
By Annette Rey
When you are writing, it seems inevitable, interruptions occur that waylay your train of thought; the jangling of the telephone, the doorbell rings, a family member talks to you. That’s bad enough.
What about the pauses in your writing when you can’t remember the right word you know should go right in that spot in your sentence? You’re on a roll and your fingers are moving deftly, except for that!
I have two very good tools to help shorten that unwanted pause, and to get your mind back on writing.
A Useful Tool
By Annette Rey
A book I support for writers and for just any person who wants to increase their vocabulary is: The Penquin Rhyming Dictionary. On first glance, a person who is not a poet might think this book has no use for them. But this is a great source for expanding your knowledge of words.
Who’s (oops) Whose Grammar Book Is This Anyway? by C. Edward Good
The Big Ten of Grammar by William B. Bradshaw, PhD
Woe is I by Patricia T. O’Conner
The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr. and E. B. White
The Oxford Essential Guide to Writing by Thomas S. Kane
Punctuation, Plain and Simple by Edgar C. Alward and Jean A. Alward
Prentice Hall Reference Guide by Muriel Harris
Getting the Words Right, How to Rewrite, Edit, and Revise by Theodore A. Rees Cheney
Writer's Block No More 