Post Slump Again

So I might have posted this quote before, but I like it.

14 Things You Should Know About Dating a Writer

http://www.bustle.com/articles/101191-14-things-you-should-know-about-dating-a-writer-because-no-that-character-isnt-based-on

The one about asking me about how my writing is going is especially true .  .

100 Beautiful Words

Bookworm

Tolerate Reality

Wheelchair

I like these in a twisted sort of way . . .

Merry Christmas!!!

Ghost of Christmas

Christmas Gifts

Christmas Pun

High Roller

Insomnia . . . Again . . .

Yoda Grammar

Since The Force Awakens has awakened . . .

Weapons

For Christmas

Colin Firth on Reading

I love Colin Firth . . . not as much as Emun Elliott, but this quote is really awesome. Every time I see it, I think, "Mr. Firth, that's it exactly." I apologize if I've posted it before. I couldn't find it on my list.

Clishmaclaver

Clishmaclaver: 1. Scot. gossip; idle or foolish talk.

Just sounds awesome, doesn't it?

Constructing the Story

You Know You're a Writer When . . .

I used to write erotica professionally . . .

Addicted to Stories

Sorry if I already posted thisone. With only my tablet, I have limited viewing access.

Tent For Book Nerds

FYI, my computer has officially died. I am getting by on my tablet & my husband's iPad.

Writing Problems

Ditto

You Are

Read Rhymes

I may have posted this before, but it bears repeating.

Weird Animal Group Names

A – An Aurora of Polar Bears
B – A Bouquet of Pheasants
C – A Confusion of Guinea Fowl.
D – A Dule of Doves
E – An Embarrassment of Pandas
F – A Float of Crocodiles
G – A Gulp of Magpies
H – A Hedge of Herons
I – An Implausibility of Gnus
J – A Journey of Giraffe
K – A Kindle of Kittens
L – A Leap of Leopards
M – A Murder of Crows
N – A Nest of Vipers
O – An Ostentation of Peacocks
P – A Parliament of Owls
Q – A Quiver of Cobras
R – A Rake of Mules
S – A Scurry of Squirrels
T – A Troop of Monkeys
U – An Unkindness of Ravens
V – A Volery of Birds
W – A Wisdom of Wombats
X – An eXaltation of Larks
Y – A Yoke of Oxen
Z – A Zeal of Zebras

And tortoises are called a creep.I thought about doing a pic of a group of tortoises and my ex, but he's deceased, so it seemed cruel . . .

Sleuths

Both of these are sleuths. Seriously.

A Group of Pandas

A group of pandas is called an embarrassment.

So I wonder what I should call my family now.

Never Underestimate

Literary Advent Calendar

Been busy and had some personal tragedy recently, so I forgot to post the other day. So he's Book Riot's Literary Advent Calendar a couple day late. So you get to open a couple of the links in a single day!

http://bookriot.com/2015/12/01/literary-advent-calendar/

Synonym Chart

I could see this kind of being helpful to new authors and those who get stuck on the same words . . .

I Don't Know

I love a good pun . . .

Editing Problems

Bad Librarian Humor

And officially happy birthday to Emun Elliott!

Running Out Of Posts

It's Emun Elliott's birthday tomorrow, so . . .

Ugly Christmas Sweater

Because I've been told Thanksgiving is now Christmas Part 1

Of course, books are never that ugly . . . unless you're editing for people who don't know proper formatting and argue with you about it.

If you can read this . . .

NanoWrimo

So, I didn't intentionally participate in NanoWrimo. I didn't sign up or anything. But on November 13, this romance idea started plaguing my head. Last night I finished it (November 23), a novella, 25,000 words in 10 days. Not bad . . .

This is Nuts!

Elizabeth told Amanda

Art is pointless

For Harry Potter Fans

Slugabed

If I had it my way, I'd be a slugabed.

slugabed

\SLUHG-uh-bed\ noun 1. a lazy person who stays in bed long after the usual time for arising.

Sorry, Peeps

Sorry, couldn't find anything amusing to post today. All the memes seem the same.

On a different note, I turned in the errata draft of the piece I've been editing. After a month of frustration and several hours of work (I'd estimate 30 hours), I've been paid $10.58. I guess I'm leaving another publisher. While I was paid upfront and this was for a single piece, working for publishers so desperate to publish that they're willing to publish anything by authors who do not know the basics of writing, ummm . . . I guess I could always go back to fast food . . . would you like fries with that?

Library Cake

Adverbs

I shouldn't have to say this, but if I as an editor advise you that you have too many adverbs, you need to reduce them, this does not mean change all uses of quickly to very fast. Grrr.

Bold, New Voice

Oh, Help Me

When I see grammar casualties in Facebook posts and elsewhere, I keep scrolling, but when I see a friend posting a meme like this . . .

And More

I'd promise this is the last one, but I love Jane Austen.

More Jane Austen Humor

Jane Austen Fan

You had me at . . .

Synonym Conundrum

Neologisms

Book Return