Trust a writer to take away a word-related lesson after a near-fatal experience. Daphne Gray-Grant‘s regular Power Writing newsletter was delayed. When issue#149 did arrive, she explained the delay: she’d been in hospital because she’d had a stroke. Most powerful of the lessons she said she had learned: “When you have words, use them…Write and [...]
Monthly Archives: December 2008
No, ’tisn’t
I read somewhere a plea not to use the tired ‘Tis the season in either a headline or an opening sentence. Having read that, I’m noticing that as the “holiday season” (as so many love to call it) approaches, that impulse is out there, growing stronger with each passing day. Last week, with a month [...]