by Margot Lester | Writing/How to Write
One of the best books about the increase in wildfires is John Vaillant's 'Fire Weather'. Every writer should read it for the craft alone. John Vaillant's excellent Fire Weather: A True Story From a Hotter World is one of the best-written books I've read in the last...
by Margot Lester | What-Not
So often school made words and even word games tedious and joyless. I'm on a mission to put some of the fun back into word study. When you make your living by the word, you pay attention to cool little factoids about vocabulary. My latest fun find is "kangaroo words"...
by Margot Lester | What-Not
When it comes to word choice, few people are as adept as Mike "Doc" Emrick. He's best known for calling hockey. But even if you don't follow the icy action, you can appreciate the craft with which Emrick recounts the action. He started in radio and, like the great Vin...
