by writerjaw | Apr 30, 2010 | Querying
Hi everyone! Hope you are all writing like it was going out of style. First things first–Past Cliches: Movers and Shakers: Individuals with the power and/or influence to effect change. First, they alluded to God, but in 19th century started being applied and...
by writerjaw | Apr 24, 2010 | Writing in General
Hi Everyone! Hope all of you are busy writing and perfecting your craft. Last cliches: Cut and Dried–commonplace, routine. Term dates from the early 18th century, some disagreement to origin. Most believe came from timber, which is customarily cut to standard...
by writerjaw | Apr 17, 2010 | Editing and Re-editing
Hi Everyone! Hope you all had a good week of writing and fun. First things first: last cliche: Worth Its Weight in Gold means extremely valuable; singularly useful. Roman playwright Plautus liked this metaphor, which also appeared in early 14th century. Later, Henry...
by writerjaw | Apr 10, 2010 | Research
Hi everyone! Hope all of you are writing and writing and writing. Cliche from last post: That Does It =that accomplishes or completes it. Used to be that does the trick and it replaces does the trick. Don’t have a first date used for this one. How much do you...
by writerjaw | Apr 2, 2010 | Writing in General
Hi everyone! Well, it was a busy week for me. Not only does the writers wokshop online keep me busy, but my mystery-novel in progress does. After being critiqued by the on-line group, I’ve made many changes and all for the good, I hope. My last post was on...
