To ensure that I was available if and when any editorial work came my way, I limited my explorations to the copy editor's office which has been my home base all week. Even in this small space, I found many wonderful treasures to covet:
- a license plate which reads "META4S"
- a vast library of reference books, including 4 dictionaries, 2 thesauruses and a wide variety of style guides
- all my favorite software, and a hard drive big enough to run it all without slowing to a crawl
- Post-it notes galore, including multicolor flags, minis, traditional squares and 4x6 ruled
- a "Word of the Day" calendar (Thursday's word: philippic, meaning a discourse or declamation full of bitter condemnation)
- an entire wall of cork board
- a giant ampersand paperweight
6 comments:
Here's something to occupy you - is the plural of thesarus thesauri? Thesauruses? Thesaurees? What rule does it follow? Why?
I need more caffeine - can you tell? :))
Here's something to occupy you - is the plural of thesarus thesauri? Thesauruses? Thesaurees? What rule does it follow? Why?
I need more caffeine - can you tell? :))
And I need to stop pushing buttons - ack!
Haha! I think the preferred spelling of the plural is thesauri, but thesauruses (or as I pronounce it in my head, thesauruseseses) is also accepted.
I want post it notes for Christmas. This got me thinking: My friends never buy me funky pens and paper, even though they KNOW I'm a writer. I hardly ever get book store gift certificates.
I think I'm going to have to be more clear about my list. Melody needs pretty paper!
Melody Platz
www.writerscomfycorner.com
Isn't it great that there is always something for us to wish for?
I hope you get everything on your new "Christmas" list. :)
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