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THAT TELEPROMPTER DOUBLES AS A MIRROR:

BrothersJudd Blog | November 20th 2009 by Stephen Judd

The Vacuum Of American Leadership (MARK STEYN, 11/20/09, Investors Business Daily) Along with his choreographic gaucherie goes his peculiar belief that all of human history is just a bit of colorful back story in the Barack Obama biopic — or as he read more

The Rigors of Writing Tie-ins

A Writer's Life | November 11th 2009 by Lee Goldberg

Over at Jeff Vandermeer's blog, authors Dan Abnett and Mark Charan Newton discuss the challenges of writing tie-ins vs non-franchise fiction. Here's an excerpt: Mark Charan Newton: You see it frequently these days – a literary fiction s read more

Friday Favorites – Word of the Week!

Linds and Les Read Books | October 9th 2009

There were some delightfully ridiculous submissions for last week’s WotW (go read them all if you haven’t yet!), but we’re going with Ali, who made us physically uncomfortable, in the very best way, with this sentence: His gaucherie read more

Friday Favorites – Word of the Week!

Linds and Les Read Books | October 2nd 2009

Since apparently *someone* didn’t like our pick last week (ahem), we’re just going to call it a wash and start fresh! This week, we couldn’t decide, so we’re giving you two options: gaucherie, noun: a socially awkward or tactl read more

From Twitter 09-30-2009

Ms. Morgan's English Page | October 1st 2009 by Crystal Morgan

> 03:33:39>: From Twitter 09-29-2009: > 03:06:41>: Extra Credit Anagram: Be the first to correctly solve the follow.. http://bit.ly/1oRxUE> 10:16:39>: RT @ebhsinfo: The Cavalier Football team is ranked 11th in the state this read more

Word!

The Joiners | September 30th 2009 by Cabbage

gaucherie 1. A socially awkward or tactless act. 2. Lack of tact; boorishness; awkwardness.image via gaucherie read more