The Great Passage is the first that I’ve actually read of the many, many “Kindle First” books that I’ve downloaded for free in the past year or so since I became aware of the Amazon program. I can’t ignore the opportunity for a free book, but I’ve been so on top of my library queue and meeting self-imposed reading deadlines that I just haven’t gotten to any of these, which I mostly choose either based on the description being the least irritating of the group […]
A Thesaurus for Writers, in Concept Anyway
At a certain point when you’re writing a book that is over 100,000 words you come to the uncomfortable but inevitable realization that you’re using the same damn words all the time. MS Word has an integrated thesaurus but the options it provides are obvious and largely include the words you’re already overusing. So the newly updated Describers dictionary seemed perfect. Need a word for something that smells bad? Take 22: Noxious, rank, noisome, stinking, fetid, miasmic, foul, malodorous, putrid, rotten, offensive, nasty, vile, olid, […]