Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Thank you.

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  by Derek Spencer I am thankful for all my teachers, who introduced me to fantastic works of literature, works that I may otherwise...
Monday, November 25, 2013

Instagrammar: Oxford crowns "selfie" word of the year

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by Derek Spencer Oxford Dictionaries has crowned "selfie" the word of the year for 2013, marking the third time since 2004 t...
Thursday, November 21, 2013

Happy birthday, Voltaire!

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by Derek Spencer Surprise, old friend! Oh, of course we couldn't truly surprise you, you're much too perceptive for that . ....
Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Come see us at NCTE 2013

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by Derek Spencer If you're attending NCTE 2013 in Boston this weekend, we'd love to see you there! Stop by our booth and cha...
Friday, November 15, 2013

The troubled printing of Moby-Dick: how tech errors affect more than just e-books

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by Derek Spencer Not content with destroying Ahab, the white whale went on to smash his creator's finances. We don...
Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Rare Shakespeare First Folio soon on display in Philadelphia

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by Derek Spencer Photo by Ian's Shutter Habit @ Flickr.com , licensed under Creative Commons 2.0 Ever wanted to se...
Friday, November 8, 2013

Etymology + Google Search = ❤

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by Derek Spencer Edublogger extraordinaire Larry Ferlazzo writes that Google has added an etymology feature to its search function . I...
Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Conflict and character development are forever conjoined

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by Derek Spencer Author Alan Sitomer is writing blog posts every day in November to help writers participating in NaNoWriMo. Today, he of...
Friday, November 1, 2013

NaNoWriMo has begun!

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by Derek Spencer NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) 2013 is now underway! For those of you unfamiliar, NaNoWriMo challenges au...
Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Thee, Thy, Thou, Thine - Archaic pronouns simplified!

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by Derek Spencer I've spent some time on the internet (some might say  too much ), and one thing that's stuck with me is how of...