Entries from History is a Bitch - a weblog by Jeanne Kalogridis tagged with 'language'
Reads, Eats & Sleeps
I’ve finally gotten around to reading my favorite blogs again (I took a no-blogs, no-Sudoku, no- crossword-or-logic-puzzles vow for the last several months of writing THE MEDICI QUEEN), and Notes from the Copy Editor mentioned the following upcoming title: LITERALLY,...
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Posted by Jeanne Kalogridis on April 29, 2008 7:06 AM
Holy Adverb, Batman!
I've been thoroughly enjoying Dan's posts over at ourboldhero.com -- specifically, the copy-editing page. I got a chuckle out of the Batman/Robin exchange. Robin: "You can't get away from Batman that easy!" Batman: "Easily." Robin: "Easily." Batman: "Good grammar is...
Posted by Jeanne Kalogridis on October 14, 2007 9:30 AM
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