When Maeve Maddox attended William Bernhardt’s Red Sneakers Writers’ Conference last August, her contest entry for the Flash Fiction category won First Place. The prize was publication in the literary magazine, Conclave. The flash fiction piece, “Priorities,” appears in the Spring 2019 edition of the magazine. Conclave is a print and eBook of writing and photography.…
Bated Breath
Today I saw a meme on Facebook that showed various phrases used by Shakespeare that have become common idioms in English. As an English teacher, I’m always pleased to see literary references in popular culture. On the other hand, because I am an English teacher, I want to see literary allusions spelled correctly. Among the…
Learn to spell the word for that thing that accompanies thunder
When I saw the word lightning misspelled in an item from Raw Story, I wasn’t particularly surprised. In searching for reliable news, I long ago learned to disregard items from that online publication. But then I did a web search for the phrase “lightning rod,” limiting it to the past year. I found a Target…
Feathers are “Ruffled,” Not “Rankled”
You can “ruffle” feathers, but you can’t “rankle” them.