Giber
“[from gibe.] A sneerer; one who turns others to ridicule by contemptuous hints; a scoffer; a taunter.”
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Quote of the Week
Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.
–William Wordsworth
http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/william-wordsworth
Friday Favorite: The Spoon Theory
Those of you that have known me a while are probably familiar with this week’s Favorite, but I want to share it for anyone who hasn’t yet encountered it. It’s called The Spoon Theory, and was written by a woman named Christine Miserandino who was trying to explain living with a chronic illness to a friend. This line sums it up nicely, but go ahead and click above to read the whole story.
“The difference in being sick and being healthy is having to make choices or to consciously think about things when the rest of the world doesn’t have to.”
Regency Word Wednesday
Shoemaker’s Stocks
“New, or straight shoes. I was in the shoemaker’s stocks; i.e. had on a new pair of shoes that were too small for me.”
Quote of the Week
No one ever became great except through many and great mistakes.
–William Gladstone
http://www.victorianweb.org/history/pms/gladston.html
Regency Word Wednesday
Catachrestical
“Contrary to proper use; forced; far fetched.”
Quote of the Week
The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not our circumstances.
–Martha Washington
Quote of the Week
Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.
–George Eliot
http://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Eliot
Friday Favorite: Castle Cast Reads Romance
A lot of authors read passages from their books at signings and Q&As. But in this week’s Favorite, Nathan Fillion and Stana Katic take on a love scene from Heat Wave–one of the books Fillion’s character wrote on the hit show Castle. Romance writers take note! This is how it’s done…if you can keep a straight face 😀
Regency Word Wednesday
She House
“A house where the wife rules, or, as the term is, wears the breeches.”
Cora Lee, Regency Romance Author 