Posts tagged words

Horses wearing hats

My favorite line in Naomi Novik’s Black Powder War:

“Laurence,” Temeraire said to him, as he climbed down to join the others, “this horse I

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What authors reveal

I’m reading a book right now that is just plain embarrassing. I feel like I’m intruding in the author’s head, and I don’t like what [...]

Grace notes

. . . the road meandered along hills lined with the soft grey-brown of winter trees stitching a white sky to the ground.

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Soda biscuit

Did it again. Just had to check my word usage.

Cow eyes

When I’m writing, I like to make sure I’m using a word or phrase correctly. If I don’t find it in my dictionary, I go [...]