Texting
Like many others, I bemoan the use of texting, which shortens phrases to their first letters only, or to single letters that stand for a whole word, or to a…
Sophie Kinsella
I laughed out loud at the absurd antics of a woman posing as a domestic in The UnDomestic Goddess. Not terribly skilled in the kitchen myself, I could definitely relate…
Lazy Language
Most of us have been guilty, perhaps often, of saying something like: "Hopefully, that won't happen." Or "Hopefully, it will happen." Purists insist that starting a sentence with "hopefully" is…
Karen Marie Moning
My recent introduction to the writing of Karen Marie Moning was The Immortal Highlander, one of a series filled with Scots and Druid mysticism. I was hooked. Karen Marie Moning…