Nice Pair
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 Posted in Tammi | 1 Comment »Some words just go well together. There are a few things that make certain terms flow right with certain others. The first is the pure presentational value of the words. They may rhyme or have alliteration or assonance built into ...
When Inspiration Strikes
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008 Posted in Tammi | 4 Comments »I find a lot of inspiration in countless places. The funny thing is that I can never seem to pinpoint when inspiration strikes. I may use the ideas right away--or as close to right away as I can remember. Most ...
Word Aversions
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 Posted in Tammi | 8 Comments »(I always want to write "adversions" for some reason...) The A Way with Words newsletter dated February 18th offered some interesting information about word aversions. There are some words that really rub us the wrong way, almost as if we have ...
Voice
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 Posted in Tammi | 5 Comments »Many of us are familiar with a writer's voice. It can be very easy for some readers to determine who wrote a piece just by reading a few sentences. This makes me wonder about the writing voice verses the speaking voice. ...
Journals
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008 Posted in Tammi | 5 Comments »I have a journal. It's quite beautiful, boasting a black leather cover and gold-trimmed pages. The only problem is it's empty. Maybe it's because I don't want to ruin such a nice book. It could be because it was a gift ...
Oh, I Get It
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008 Posted in Tammi | 1 Comment »Have you ever read a story that stayed with you over time? How about one that disappeared from your memory to resurface years later? I was washing my dishes when one of the long forgotten stories from my past jumped back ...
Your Favorite Post
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 Posted in Tammi | 1 Comment »Write Stuff is going to be experiencing some changes. Karen is working on a new template and as she says, "Mama likes," so it should be very exciting to see what she has developed. The changes are expected in March. Karen ...
A Way with Words
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008 Posted in Tammi | 3 Comments »I'm beginning this post with a correction from last week's post, The Face Behind the Word. I assumed that the person who coined the term weblog also coined the term blog. That isn't the case. Peter Merholz seperated weblog into "we ...
