Spoonerisms, Eggcorns, Mondegreens and Other Silly Things
My family has a penchant for Spoonerisms. This is where you utter mixed up syllables of two words, or more, putting together something that sounds utterly ridiculous. It is done accidentally in a...
View ArticleReview: Redshirts
Redshirts by John Scalzi My rating: 3.75 to 4 out of 5 John Scalzi is one of my favorite science fiction authors, for three reasons: 1. How can you not love someone whose Goodreads bio says, “John...
View ArticleReview: The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson My rating: 5 out of 5 Joseph Stalin. Mao Tse-Tung. Winston Churchill. Robert Oppenheimer. Sigvard Eklund. Charles de...
View ArticleExpectant Motherhood
Before there were pregnancy websites… before there was What to Expect When You’re Expecting… our foremothers relied on books like this one to help guide them through the process of gestation. This...
View ArticleHow to Write Humor according to North Idaho’s own Patrick McManus
by Ana Parker GoodwinDo any of you write humor? I am probably one of the worst humor writers on the planet, but I'm learning. So here I am, practicing what I preached in my last blog: Write about...
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