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Word

Tips on Diction, plus the occasional word that is divine, awkward, or interesting.

DICTION

  • English Word Origins
  • The Diction Holy Grail
  • Diction: Latinate versus Anglo-Saxon
  • Voice: Talk Like a Pirate

WORDS

  • Chraractonym
  • 100 Funniest Words
  • Sprachgefuhl
  • Cacoethes

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Hi! I'm Lara. Welcome to my virtual home!

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Recent Posts

  • 7 Tips for Writing Realistic Dialogue
  • 8 Book Recommendations for a 13yo Kid Who Loves TikTok, Anime, and Marvel
  • [Download] Printable 2022-2023 Quarterly Calendar
  • Beyond Beginning, Middle & End
  • how it started, how it’s going

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Top Posts from the Archive

Characters: MBTI continued
Diction: Latinate versus Anglo-Saxon
Character Profile Worksheets
The 8 C's of Plotting: Introduction
The 8 C's of Plotting: Worksheets
POV Part 3—e.g. (examples)
Chapter Outlining like a Pantser
A Lesson in Backstory and Goals
QUIZ: How should you start your novel?
The Quick and Easy Guide to Dashes

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Parents had to wait in line today to be swabbed for DNA so investigators could identify which unrecognizable remains belonged to their third grade children. Children the same age as my little ones blown apart by guns protected by “pro-life” voters and politicians on both sides of the aisle who have refused to act since Sandy Hook.
The seniors got together and wrote appreciation notes for their teachers. 🥺🥺🥺 Gonna need a minute.
Bubble kisses! 🥺🐠😘
“Cap!” in context. The Avengers #106, December 1972: “A Traitor Stalks Among Us!”
“Cap!” 12”x12” acrylic and gouache on canvas from a 2x2 panel in a comic gifted to me by a student.
Meanwhile, in Colorado...
For many, today is generational trauma day.
I ordered this book as an act of self care before realizing how badly I’m going to need it this year. Also, meet my 9yo’s betta, Flippy. 🐠
Loving this book, which does not shy away from ugly and hilarious and cringe feelings about marriage and parenting while still somehow making me thankful for both. #foreverland by Heather Havrilesky

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About Me

I've been grading grammar homework since 2005 and editing fiction and poetry since 2008. In 2013, I started editing comics and full manuscripts for novelists and literary agents.

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In 2015, I assembled a team of freelance editors of various specialties.

In 2020, I earned my MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults at Hamline University.

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