by writerjaw | Jun 25, 2010 | Writing in General
Hope everyone had a great week and you are writing like the wind. Past Cliches: Stark Raving Mad – Insane; “completely, wildly crazy” -graphic description of manic behavior. Versions appeared since 16th Cent. Jonathan Swift’s Polite...
by writerjaw | Jun 18, 2010 | Writing in General
Hello Everyone! I know I’ve used the cliche time flies…but it does! I’ve been so busy with Redwood Writers Membership, that it’s already time to write on my blog and I haven’t even written on my own stories this week! Still have been...
by writerjaw | Jun 14, 2010 | Writing in General
Hello Everyone! Missed Friday again, but I was away. Cliches from June 7th: Clean As A Whistle – Thoroughly or neatly done, pure, unsoiled. William Carr wrote in The Dialect of Craven (1828) this phrase meaning “wholly” or “entirely”. ...
by writerjaw | Jun 7, 2010 | Pitching Your Book
Hello everyone! Late Again in part to buy a new computer and getting used to it. Last clichés: Slow But Sure–Plodding but reliable. Dates early 17th century. Idea old as Aesop’s fable re tortoise and hare. Found in John Marston’s 1606 play, The Fawn....