A Blog for Readers and Writers of Mystery, Crime, and Suspense Fiction
Today I’m delighted to welcome Ellen Byron to Miss Demeanors. Ellen is the Agatha Award-winning and USA Today bestselling author of Cajun Country Mysteries. She’s worked for Martha Stewart, written for TV, and loves her dogs. She’s a delight, but don’t take my word for it…
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I was looking at the site for the 9/11 memorial in NYC and came across this story about the Survivor tree. I found it moving and I hope you do too.
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I was that strange little kid who was always walking around with a dictionary, and I’ve never lost my love of learning new words. This year I’ve learned a number of them.
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A few months ago, I was teaching a class and mentioned that my boss would be visiting us to share some information about an upcoming conference. Immediately one of my students said, “Don’t use that word. Boss has negative connotations.” So I asked, “What word would you use in its place?” and she suggested supervisor.
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