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As we are hip deep in a political season, I thought I’d rerun a few articles on the use of language and how it can

Given the current focus on rhetoric, I decided to rerun this article on rhetorical devices that I first posted two years ago. It seems somehow

For most writers of historical fiction, the slang of the 19th century is a delight. Creative and clever, it’s fun to know and, for us,

The words we choose to use when we speak and write can bring people joy or sorrow, can make them angry or calm them down,

For most writers of historical fiction, the slang of the 19th century is a delight. Creative and clever, it’s fun to know and, for us,

We’re all surrounded by a cloud of vocabulary. The words you know well, that you use daily, float nearby, coming easily to the hand. This

As I commented in the previous installment of this series, my first novel was also my first experience trying to create a fantasy world from

Ah, but what if it hadn’t been “James Bond”? What if the name Ian Fleming gave his super spy had been “Crane, Ichabod Crane?” Clearly,

As we are hip deep in a political season, I thought I’d rerun a few articles on the use of language and how it can

I’d be willing to bet that most people have had the experience of reading a headline in a news article (or media chyron) only to

Over the course of doing research, I ran across a fascinating fact about one of the most common casual expressions in use in modern times—“okay”.

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