New words for writers

The New Year is almost not new anymore. Along with thinking about new years, I’ve been thinking about new words.

A word that caught my attention about a year ago is lifehacker. I think it means someone who finds short cuts to take care of  life’s continuing problems and irritations. It seems to imply admiration and respect for the skill of neutralizing life’s challenges. It also seems to imply a person who hoards their time for the good stuff by hacking through crap quickly.

Do you have a clearer way to describe a lifehacker?

I’d love to hear about intriguing new words you’ve heard.

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Endorphin high from writing with NaNoWriMo

Palm tree makes me feel that I am on vacation.

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“I write like” Badge

I didn’t advance to the 2nd round of M&B New Voices, so I took the first pages of my submission for new voices and I fed it into “I write like” and this is what I got. I decided this is a worthy consolation prize, not exactly dark chocolate, but soothing.

Feedback from friends finds lots of Dan Brown-writers, fewer Gertrude Steins or Ernest Hemingways. What badge did you get?

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So Many Blogs, So Little Time

You might have a better system than I do for keeping up with the entrancing commentary that romance readers, writers, editors, agents, and librarians are posting.

Not shocking to report that this evening –wait I mean this morning, it’s now 2:07 AM — has sped by as I surfed from one dazzling site to the next.

Gems from this evening:

The 1,092 entries from Mills & Boons New Voices competition for unpublished writers that just closed this evening.

http://www.romanceisnotdead.com/Entries

‘What makes a romance work? Uncertainty’ by Frankie Robertson.

http://frankierobertson.wordpress.com/2011/10/10/what-makes-a-romance-work-uncertainty/

‘Happy endings take work’ + ‘You must be the heroine of your own life’ from SB Sarah’s interview with Gayle King.

http://www.smartbitchestrashybooks.com/index.php/weblog/comments/the-gayle-king-show-more-makeup-than-ive-ever-worn-ever/

Julia London’s new website- cute video on a weekend of all writing all the time:

http://julialondon.com/2011/10/extras/insider-videos/how-julia-meets-her-deadlines/

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