EDITOR@WORK

WORDS FOUND RECENTLY

Bevvy: an alcoholic drink.

Censorious: severely critical of others.

Doughty: brave and persistent: "his doughty spirit kept him going." Similar: fearless, dauntless, determined, resolute, indomitable.

Encyclical: a papal letter sent to all bishops of the Roman Catholic Church.

Lugubrious: looking or sounding sad and dismal: "his face looked even more lugubrious than usual."

Postprandial: during or relating to the period after dinner or lunch:

Prosody: the study of elements of speech, including intonation, stress, rhythm and loudness, that occur simultaneously with individual phonetic segments: vowels and consonants.

Serried: (of rows of people or things) standing close together. Similar: close-set, dense, tight, compact, massed, assembled.

Truculent: eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant.

Tureen: a deep covered dish from which soup is served.

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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

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!

ENTRIES FROM THE DOG BLOG

• Katie cried

• Growl and pull

• 13-plus years with my dog 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

Expanded Definition of Words

WORDS FOUND RECENTLY

Admonitory: giving or conveying a warning or reprimand.

Disquisition: a long or elaborate essay or discussion on a particular subject.

Frisson: a sensation of chills or tingling that occurs when one encounters rewarding stimuli, such as music, films, or art. It is mediated by the reward system and the sympathetic nervous system, and is associated with pleasure, opioids, and brain connectivity.

Gallimaufry: a confused jumble or medley of things.

Interlocutor: a person who takes part in a dialogue or conversation.

Kafkaesque: characteristic or reminiscent of the oppressive or nightmarish qualities of Franz Kafka's fictional world.

Moue: a pouting expression used to convey annoyance or distaste.

Passivate: 1. make (a metal or other substance) unreactive by altering the surface; layer or coating the surface with a thin inert layer; 2. coat (a semiconductor) with inert material to protect it from contamination.

Polymathic: describes a person of encyclopedic learning.

Recalcitrance: stubbornly resistant to or defiant of authority or guidance.

Traduce: speak badly of or tell lies about (someone) so as to damage their reputation.

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