What do you think of when you hear: “You really need to pick up a craft book before you submit anything else.”

Go ahead - think about that for a minute, I’ll wait

…

I told my mother this was a comment on a contest entry I got back at the beginning of this year. She asked me, “Macramé or witch?” (seriously she did – you may think I am making this up…)

I sat dumbfounded for a moment. “Beg pardon?”

“You said craft book, I thought you meant…”

“No, mother, the contest judge was talking about a how-to-write book. Craft – the art of writing – book.” I knew what that person - though sorely mistaken - meant.

If you heard that, would you have known what I was talking about? Of course you would. You’d probably say did you use On Writing or some such. Not that the judge was in anyway correct about my entry – as I might have failed to mentioned, save a few typos – I write perfect prose, intelligent introspection, corruptible copulation and delectable dialogue – she must have been PMSing that day and couldn’t stand the competition from me (hehehehe – see, can I spin a fictitious tale or what?!?!?)

Which lends the question, do writes have a speak all their own?

Yep!

Tell me the last time you heard POV in a conversation. Voice. GMC. Or heard someone mention head-hopping that didn’t involve a heavily medicated dude in a pretty white jacket that latches in the back.

Give me your best writer’s speak that made someone tilt their head at you and step two paces away and I will pick one person to receive a nifty pair of chenille socks – oh you know the ones – there are warm and toasty and with the fall in full trip mode they will come in handy (or tootsie – HA!)

***(for those who regularly read my personal blog – thank you so very much and you may recognize this from last Spring – I apologize for the repeat but as I am in the throes of Nano, my brain has a limited function ability – but look at it this way – you get a chance to win a pair of socks for participating!)