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LIT eZINE Vol 6 is here!

We are back with LIT eZINE Volume 6 – More poetry, stories, word games, and articles from writers who have put their souls into words! You are going to love it. The Summer issue of LIT eZINE comes with a special focus on Divergent, extraordinary or atypical situations or circumstances. Read it now and give the writers a boost. And don’t forget to follow them on their social media. Share all…

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Musings | Thought Meanders~4 |

Thought Meanders~4 I’ve got a writer’s mind. It wanders random paths across time and space, pausing at horizons unseen, bridging darkness and light and weaving tapestries in a million hues of life. Welcome to my Musings | Thought Meanders~4 | I am thrilled that you decided to stop by! Lose yourself in the meanders of my thoughts for a few moments, let go of the tangible and transcend into a…

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LIT eZINE Vol 5 is live now!

It is reading time again with LIT eZINE Volume 5 – More poetry, stories, word games, and articles from writers whose words are nothing less than magic! You are going to love it. The Spring issue of LIT eZINE comes with a special focus on change and transformation, just right for this time of the year when change is in the air. Read it now and give the writers a boost. And don’t forget to follow…

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GRAMMARIAN ~ Collocation

Welcome to Vocabulary Wednesday ~Words To Help You Write Better Collocation A collocation is the combination of words formed when two or more words are often used together in a way that sounds correct. It is the expected combination of words commonly used by native speakers of that language. There are no rules for collocation that can be followed by a speaker for whom the language in question…

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End-of-the-Year Magic

Yes, it’s that time again! Another year drawing to a close. Visions of snow outside, a warm crackling fire, decorated Christmas trees and notepads trying to ink the new year resolutions that can be kept. All that does seem magical if you don’t let your brain wander towards the reality of frozen fingers on a computer keyboard and feet that refuse to climb out of the warm blanket and trudge to…

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Micropoetry [InkSplash~42]

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WORD OF THE DAY ~ Isohel

Welcome to Vocabulary Wednesday ~Words To Help You Write Better IsohelNouna line on a map connecting places with an equal period of sunshine If you use WORD OF THE DAY ~ Isohel in any of your writing, please link back to this post and share the link or the work itself in the comments. I will add the links to your post here so that others can find your work easily.We all would love to be…

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Musings | Thought Meanders~3 |

Thought Meanders~3 I’ve got a writer’s mind. It wanders random paths across time and space, pausing at horizons unseen, bridging darkness and light and weaving tapestries in a million hues of life. Welcome to my Musings | Thought Meanders~3 | I am thrilled that you decided to stop by! Lose yourself in the meanders of my thoughts for a few moments, let go of the tangible and transcend into a…

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WORD OF THE DAY ~ Fumetto

Welcome to Vocabulary Wednesday ~Words To Help You Write Better FumettoNouna speech balloon in a comic or cartoon If you use WORD OF THE DAY ~ Fumetto in any of your writing, please link back to this post and share the link or the work itself in the comments. I will add the links to your post here so that others can find your work easily.We all would love to be inspired by your…

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Musings | Thought Meanders~2 |

Thought Meanders~2 I’ve got a writer’s mind. It wanders random paths across time and space, pausing at horizons unseen, bridging darkness and light and weaving tapestries in a million hues of life. Welcome to my Musings | Thought Meanders~2 | I am thrilled that you decided to stop by! Lose yourself in the meanders of my thoughts for a few moments, let go of the tangible and transcend into a…

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WORD FACTS ~ Sniglet

Welcome to Vocabulary Wednesday ~Words To Help You Write Better What are Sniglets? A Google font? Yes, that too. But that is not what we are talking about here. A sniglet is any word coined for something that has no specific word or name. It is often thought of as a word that should be in a dictionary but isn’t. According to Jack Smith in Los Angeles Times, Richard Hall first introduced…

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Poetry: HEARTBROKEN

HEARTBROKEN Welcome to my Poem Of The Day, a new way to look at the world and feel your deepest emotions in my words. I hope you enjoyed reading HEARTBROKEN. I am delighted that you stopped by and took a moment to appreciate the beauty of life in all its facets with me. Please do leave a comment. Your support and criticism are equally appreciated.If you don’t want to leave your email, I…

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WORD FACTS ~ Ghost Words

Welcome to Vocabulary Wednesday ~Words To Help You Write Better What are Ghost Words? No, this has nothing to do with that horror story you were reading last night! A Ghost Word is a word in a dictionary or another list of words that is not a real word and is usually there because of a mistake.The term was coined by Professor Walter William Skeat in 1886. In a yearly address to the London…

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Poetry: CRYPTS OF SILENCE

CRYPTS OF SILENCE Welcome to my Poem Of The Day, a new way to look at the world and feel your deepest emotions in my words. I hope you enjoyed reading CRYPTS OF SILENCE. I am delighted that you stopped by and took a moment to appreciate the beauty of life in all its facets with me. Please do leave a comment. Your support and criticism are equally appreciated.If you don’t want to leave your…

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GRAMMARIAN ~ Inflectional Suffix

Welcome to Vocabulary Wednesday ~Words To Help You Write Better Inflectional suffix A suffix is a letter or a group of letters added at the end of a word in order to form a new word. Suffixes may to referred to as bound morphemes as they are not meaningful words that can exist independently. When a suffix changes only the form of a word and does not create a new word or change the meaning of…

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Poetry: BREAKING DAWN

BREAKING DAWN On a note of hope… Welcome to my Poem Of The Day, a new way to look at the world and feel your deepest emotions in my words. I hope you enjoyed reading BREAKING DAWN. I am delighted that you stopped by and took a moment to appreciate the beauty of life in all its facets with me. Please do leave a comment. Your support and criticism are equally appreciated.If you don’t want to…

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GRAMMARIAN ~ The Three Types of Dashes and How to Use Them

Welcome to Vocabulary Wednesday ~Words To Help You Write Better During the editing of Volume 3 of LIT eZINE, my very capable editor brought to my notice that writers are using a hyphen for all kinds of dashes. This post is meant to address the confusing issue of dashes and I dedicate this to Khaya Ronkainen for bringing it up. The Three Types of Dashes and How to Use Them Dashes are a…