This and that

WORD SITE: If you get the chance, check out Coolestwords.com.

THE SECRET OF WRITING: "Have something to say, and say it as clearly as you can. That is the only secret." - Matthew Arnold

SWIRL OF WORDS: I've mentioned a few times here that I love the swirl of words, the fine way that writers put ink to paper (or fingers to keyboard).

I enjoy a sentence from Nicholas Evans' The Horse Whisperer:

"It rained for eight days without taking a breath."

I realize that it's probably a mixed metaphor, but I like it.

TODAY'S WORD: Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the longest word in the Oxford English Dictionary. It's a lung disease caused by the inhalation of fine silica dust.

TODAY IN HISTORY: On March 18, 1852 in New York City, Henry Wells and William G. Fargo join with several other investors to launch their namesake business.

GREETINGS: Welcome to the followers of this blog. I hope this is worth your time.

Contact: I can be reached at tgilli52@gmail.com or nc3022@yahoo.com. Also, my Twitter handle is EDITORatWORK.

More EDITOR@WORK blog entries

• You really DO need an editor

• Reminders for would-be novelists

• What I do when I'm editing

• What I charge (it's a deal) and what I edit

• Slogging through the Internet

• J-school: More eyes on your stories

• J-school: Go out and learn

• Rookie mistakes for magazine writers

Entries from The Dog Blog

• Katie cried

• Growl and pull

• 10 years with Lady

• ... said the spider to ...

• The Dog Diary (2014)

• YIP! YIP! The stereo-sound huskies

• What Lady and Michael Jackson had in common

Blog entries from The Auto Racing Journal

• Angel in Black: Remembering Dale Earnhardt Sr.

(a book of great stories about the Intimidator)

• Then Junior Said to Jeff...

(the book of great NASCAR stories)

• My best day as a sports writer

• Jeff Gordon's milk toast to Dale Earnhardt

• Wayne Auton: A life in racing

More blog entries by Tom Gillispie

• Resume for a writer and editor

• An editor's views on powerful writing

• Advice for be and would-be novelists

• Links to TG's stories online

• Favorite quotes

• What I do when I'm editing

Anecdotes by Tom Gillispie

• Wipeout at Death Valley

• Days with rainbows

• A desperate writer working in the dark

• Yer outta there!