Red Room Where the Writers Are

How did "Skirr" become obsolete?

Collins dictionary asks public to rescue endangered words

By Iain Hollingshead

 My friend Gil Mansergh did his master's thesis on creativity in children, and his e-mail brought up some interesting points. He said:

     I am absolutely dismayed at the decline of the English language in this country.<

 

Write out of love, write out of instinct, write out of reason. But always for money.
— Louis Untermeyer

Gentle readers, I am about to admit something that I don’t like admitting.

As I hunker down attempting to take my two remaining completed works into print, I'm finding it difficult to improve my writing.

Earlier this week, I sent off a completed manuscript, and then the next day, I started the idea I formed a month or two ago, a story that I am excited about.