Category Archives: Interesting stuff

The Smell of Someone’s Colon, and Other Misspellings

Posted on December 30, 2012 by LindaGauer

I do think “mental pause” has value. It’s certainly not limited by age or sex.

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Quiz for Writers

Posted on August 21, 2012 by LindaGauer

What kind of writer are you? Pick your preferred synonym and see.

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Good Writing or Writing Good?

Posted on July 20, 2012 by LindaGauer
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Good Fiction, Anyone?

Posted on May 4, 2012 by LindaGauer

So no Pulitzer for fiction this year. What does that say about our best sellers? Anyone have a book(fiction) from 2011-2012 that they would recommend? Afraid I don’t know of any.

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Better than palindromes

Posted on April 30, 2012 by LindaGauer

Here is an interesting story from Robert Krulwich about Reading Upside Down If you’ve read Angels and Demons you’ve seen some of these and they are always fun. (I don’t think it is a coincidence that the cryptologist in the … Continue reading →

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A short story

Posted on April 27, 2012 by LindaGauer

Unfortunately no attribution.

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Nobody said they are GOOD books.

Posted on April 26, 2012 by LindaGauer

Take a look at this graph from The Atlantic and notice how reading rates have improved over the past 50 years. This data predates ebook growth. I suspect the numbers would be higher today. Gallup data here Link to The … Continue reading →

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That explains it.

Posted on April 17, 2012 by LindaGauer
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Grey’s Anatomy, etc.

Posted on March 22, 2012 by LindaGauer

Reference Books as Inspiration I ran into metathesaurus when I was proofreading and had a vision in my head of a large dino holding a book in his tiny little hands. Like Roget’s the Saurus holding a book. I didn’t … Continue reading →

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Top free Android apps of the week (books genre)

Posted on March 21, 2012 by LindaGauer

This list tickles me. 20 Top Free Apps (Books Genre) Wednesday March 21st 1.  iBooks 2. Kindle 3. Audible 4. Tips & Tricks – iPhone Secrets 5. Nook by Barnes & Noble 6. The Walking Dead 7. Quotes 8. Goodreads 9. Wattpad 10. Weird Facts 1000 10. Books- 23,469 … Continue reading →

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