Welcome to Vocabulary Wednesday ~Words To Help You Write Better JRR Tolkien is said to have come up with this term to describe ‘a sudden and favourable resolution of events in a story; a happy ending’. In a 1944 letter, he explains his coinage: “I coined the word ‘eucatastrophe’: the sudden happy turn in a... Continue Reading →

Welcome to Vocabulary Wednesday ~Words To Help You Write Better The infirm state of my bodily health would be a sufficient apology for not taking up the pen at this time, wholesome as I deem it for the mind to apricate in the shelter of epistolary confidence, were it not that a considerable, I might... Continue Reading →

Welcome to Vocabulary Wednesday ~Words To Help You Write Better Chatoyant eyes bore into me with barely veiled excitement. If you use WORD OF THE DAY ~ Chatoyant in any of your writing, please share the link or the work itself in the comments. I will add the links to the post here so the... Continue Reading →

Welcome to Vocabulary Wednesday ~Words To Help You Write Better The grass susurrated underfoot as I made my way through the meadow. If you use WORD OF THE DAY ~ Susurrate in any of your writing, please share the link or the work itself in the comments. I will add the links to the post... Continue Reading →

Welcome to Vocabulary Wednesday ~Words To Help You Write Better The spires shone warmly in the evening alpenglow. If you use WORD OF THE DAY ~ Alpenglow in any of your writing, please share the link or the work itself in the comments. I will add the links to the post here so the others... Continue Reading →

Welcome to Vocabulary Wednesday ~Words To Help You Write Better She, to him, was an aisling, a beautiful vision that haunted him yet always eluded his grasp. If you use WORD OF THE DAY ~ Aisling in any of your writing, please share the link or the work itself in the comments. I will add... Continue Reading →

Welcome to Vocabulary Wednesday ~Words To Help You Write Better   It's tough to beat the unadulterated, magical syzygy of beef and American cheese on a steaming sesame bun. If you use WORD OF THE DAY ~ Syzygy in any of your writing, please share the link or the work itself in the comments. I will add... Continue Reading →

Welcome to Vocabulary Wednesday ~Words To Help You Write Better   The way Marvin curls his pinky when he holds a coffee cup betrays a certain muliebrity that doesn't recommend him for the job as a bouncer at the bar. If you use WORD OF THE DAY ~ Muliebrity in any of your writing, please... Continue Reading →

Welcome to Vocabulary Wednesday ~Words To Help You Write Better Her upper body flows in arcs: Her softly curved right hand under her chin echoes the position of her left hand, draped over her leg — together the two arms limning an off-center, tilted heart shape. It is pronounced 'lim', but you pronounce the 'n' in limning. If you... Continue Reading →

Welcome to Vocabulary Wednesday ~Words To Help You Write Better For him, the library represented a Pierian spring... He drew deeply there, quelling his intellectual insecurities and nourishing his fanatic ambitions. If you use WORD OF THE DAY ~ Pierian in any of your writing, please share the link or the work itself in the comments. I... Continue Reading →