Past vs. Passed

These are words that have been badly misused, confused, and tossed around.

When referring to someone's demise, the word is passed, as in passed away.

He or she may live past 90, but when the time comes, they pass away, and if it happened yesterday, last week, or last year, or any time before right now, they have passed away.

For writers, a really good tool to purchase is "The Dictionary of Disagreeable English" written by Robert Hartwell Fiske. The information in this book is invaluable.

Unfortunately, many people rely on their own ability and memory rather than to verify something they aren't sure of. Bad idea!

When I'm composing anything, whether it is a letter, a novel, or a comment, I have at my fingertips a dictionary, a Thesaurus, and Robert H. Fiske's book.

I still haven't found a cure for typos, but I'm looking!

7-Line Challenge

Sharla Shults http://catnipoflife.wordpress.com/ has tagged me in the 7-line challenge. So here is line 7 of page 7 of "Maddie's Garden."

“I appreciate that these two are fine, but wouldn’t common sense tell you that somebody had to be very worried about these two being gone so long? You could have tried to make contact with their parents.”  

“They told me they lived far away, and I had no idea how to contact anybody. They didn’t know their telephone number or their address.” 

 “Well, did you even volunteer to walk them home? Or maybe call the police?”

            Maddie’s back began to bristle. “You have a lot of nerve. I have just spent the past five

And now it is my turn. Here are my 7:

Winsome Campbell-Green  
http://irecasblog.wordpress.com/2012/11/11/ten-life-changing-lessons-by-winsome-campbell-green/

Sandra Bellamy
http://quirkybooks.wordpress.com/

Boyd Lemon
http://bloggers.com/boydlemon

Lisa April Smith
http://lisaaprilsmith.com/

Jay Rankin
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3279811.Jay_Rankin

Barbara Ann Derkson
http://www.amazon.com/Barbara-Ann-Derksen/e/B006V4JD5M/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1

Ronnie Dauber
http://ronniedauberauthor.com/

Featured Author on "People Like Us"

Massimo Marino

Kimberly Shursen asks interesting questions and Massimo gives good interesting answers.

Check it out!


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Richard Sharp! See His Interview!!

Please click on the link below to see the wonderful interview with Richard Sharp. The award-winning author answered some good, interesting questions asked by Kimberly Shursen on her blog. Check it out!

http://www.kimberlyshursen.com/#

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

To everyone....I wish a healthy, prosperous, user-friendly New Year!

Angel's Christmas

My cat and I had a very quiet Christmas week. Well, with me just getting over surgery, I wasn't ready to go out and kick up my heels.

Angel is a very spoiled cat! She has more toys that a lot of children and I keep buying more. But does she have enough? Oh, no! She made all the ornaments on the tree hers as well! But I love her anyway!

Merry Christmas, Angel!

Merry Christmas!

May all the love and warmth of the season  fall upon all of you. Please take some time to count your blessings during this joyous time of the year.

My Christmas wishes to all of you are love, hope, and joy found in little things. Whether you are a gift-giver or a well-wisher, deliver with love and mean it. Those of you who are fortunate to receive gifts and good wishes, embrace the thought behind it in your heart.

The important thing to remember is that we can have too many sweaters or ties, but we can never have enough love.

Merry Christmas!

A special congratulations to Sharla Shults for her three blogging awards this month. Way to go, Sharla!!