Over the next few weeks, in addition to building up new content on the topics of reading, writing, book business, and other good stories, I'll be gradually moving select posts from my older blog to fill in this new site's archives. Expect minor eruptions of widgets and periodic experiments in layout and look.
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The Wives
This post was originally published on Peachleaves. I updated my Goodreads page – are you my Goodreads friend? You should be! – with a book I picked up in a used bookstore during lunch yesterday: The Wife, by Meg Wolitzer. (Meg Wolitzer also wrote The Uncoupling, which I quite enjoyed.) When I searched Goodreads for… Continue reading The Wives
A game for book snobs
So awhile ago on Twitter, I linked to an article that satisfyingly applied charts and graphs to my pet peeve of book titling, "The ___'s Daughter." (To be fair, my expressed peeve was with "The ___'s Wife," but you can see the connection.) The article at The Millions also called out the title construction "The… Continue reading A game for book snobs
Misdirected Mail
Be honest. When you hear the term "direct mail," how do you feel?Kind of gross, right?But I cannot lie, it's part of what I do now. The elaborate, extensive catalog we produce each season is a showcase that editors, sales reps, and authors can use to promote their work, but it is also a direct… Continue reading Misdirected Mail
Eggcorn
Originally posted on Peachleaves. You guys, I learned a new phrase for weird language behavior: eggcorn! How did I never hear of this before? Particularly since they’re a useful tool for writers of crossword puzzles. Now I know that saying chalk full and chock it up are not malapropisms but eggcorns. I like this better; now it’s a quirk,… Continue reading Eggcorn
Some stories about math
This post originally appeared at Peachleaves. I. I used to say that I was no good at math. I said this partly because sometimes I made Bs in math classes as opposed to As in every other subject. I also said it because it was easy to say. Everybody I knew (with one or two… Continue reading Some stories about math
Sara Davis 