Your Character’s Shoes
No doubt you’ve heard the old adage: “You don’t really know a person until you’ve walked a mile in his shoes.” The same can be […]
Month: September 2018
Prescribe / Proscribe
Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: PRESCRIBE / PROSCRIBE These […]
Legal Thriller The Brass Verdict
The Brass Verdict, by Michael Connelly: When the defense attorney for a movie mogul accused of murder is himself murdered in legal thriller THE BRASS […]
Assure / Ensure / Insure
Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: ASSURE / ENSURE / […]
Literary Novel The Bingo Palace
The Bingo Palace, by Louise Erdrich: It’s all about luck. The luck of striving, of familial bonds, of natural and supernatural intervention. Thus literary novel THE […]
Anxious / Eager
Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: ANXIOUS / EAGER Many […]
Literary Novel Clock Dance
Clock Dance, by Anne Tyler: Daughter of a steadfast, loving father and mercurial mother, eleven-year-old Willa Drake wants to be a steadying influence on a […]
Taught / Taut
Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: TAUGHT / TAUT The […]
Mainstream Love Story The Longest Ride
The Longest Ride, by Nicholas Sparks: Ninety-one-year-old Ira Levinson sits slumped in his car in a snowdrift, unable to move. His wife, dead nine years […]