For today’s Weird Word Wednesday, let’s look at three words related to phobias: arachibutyrophobia, ombrophobia and hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia. A phobia is an intense, persistent, irrational fear…
For today’s writing prompt, let’s use another one of our senses to gather sensory details to improve our writing. (Our five senses are sight, sound,…
Recently, I came across a new-to-me term to describe a hidden message in books and movies: Easter Egg. It was the brainchild of game developers…
Last week, we learned that the English language is replete with idioms, groups of words that mean something altogether different than the definition of their…
I am humbled to be named a finalist (historical category) in the American Christian Fiction Writers Association’s First Impressions contest. The cherry on top of…
The English language is replete with idioms, groups of words that mean something altogether different than the definition of their individual words. For instance, we…
For today’s writing prompt, let’s use another one of our senses to gather sensory details to improve our writing. (Our five senses are sight, sound,…
For today’s Weird Word Wednesday, let’s look at three, funny-sounding words: cattywampus, taradiddle and widdershins. Merriam-webster.com recently featured these in its list of Top 10…
My family and I are heading to a Basset Hound specialty dog show this weekend, and it made me think of one trait of this…
For today’s Weird Word Wednesday, let’s take a look at three words that start with z-o-o: zoogeographical, zooxanthellae and zoosporangium. You might be able to…