Comments on: Connecting Words: group writing project

By: Joanna Young

Joanna Young — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:28:19 +0000

Hi Barbara, thanks for sharing those reflections with us.

Joanna

By: Barbara

Barbara — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:32:26 +0000

I know this is very late. But here is what I wrote. Not so much about words, but it has to do with what you are talking about. http://downstowngirl.blogspot.com/2007/11/booking-through-thursday-connecting.html P.S. Please check out the memes I am hosting. They are listed on the sidebar.

By: Joanna Young

Joanna Young — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 08:36:04 +0000

Deb, that is so cool.

Creating a new word that’s listed in the NY Times – something for us all to aspire to in 2008

Joanna

By: --Deb

--Deb — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 22:44:56 +0000

Hey, I thought this was pretty cool. “Kinnear” IS a “real” word now . . . it made the NYTimes list of Buzzwords of 2007. “To take a candid photograph surreptitiously, especially by holding the camera low and out of the line of sight. Coined in August by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee of the Yarn Harlot blog when she attempted to take a photograph during an encounter with the actor Greg Kinnear at an airport.” How nifty is that?

See? http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/23/weekinreview/23buzzwords.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

By: Joanna Young

Joanna Young — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:16:55 +0000

Yvonne, thanks for sharing the link to that piece – it’s fabulous, and totally in keeping with the mood of our project (I recognise some of the contributed words too!)

I had a feeling we were kindred spirits you know…

Joanna

By: Yvonne Russell

Yvonne Russell — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:57:05 +0000

Hi Joanna
Sorry I didn’t have a chance to contribute to your great project.

All I can do for the moment is offer a link to an article I wrote quite a while ago for another site.

The article is called The Word Collector – http://www.writersremember.com/articles/yr-thewordcollector.html

I look forward to your final roundup.

By: Joanna Young

Joanna Young — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:32:04 +0000

Lisa, yes – a ferocious one

Joanna

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 01:40:53 +0000

Joanna.. does that mean.. we’ve made a connection (gasp!)?? LOL

By: Joanna Young

Joanna Young — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 17:32:02 +0000

Hi fajrdrako, thanks for your contribution. Carpe diem is a great philosophy to live by

Lisa – that’s brilliant. You know when I hear the words voracious reader now I’ll always think about this conversation!

Joanna

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 16:37:55 +0000

Hi Joanna, thank you for stopping by my blog. I saw the entry at Booking Through Thursday and decided I was up for a challenge. I intentionally didn’t read your post about connecting words before writing mine, for fear it might influence what I wrote.

I’ve since thought of another connecting word for me.. A friend and I were in a bookstore years ago and he described his dad as a “ferocious reader”. I was pretty sure he meant “voracious” but I made claws out of my hands and roared at him and said “I’m a ferocious reader too”. We laughed until we were near tears and it has been a running joke with us for the last 20 years.