Monthly Archives: July 2021

Words Matter

Posted on July 21, 2021 by Caroline Ailanthus

Worker ants (that is, the vast majority of all ants you ever see) are females. That fact is not recently controversial or recently discovered, nor is the information difficult to find. Yet virtually everybody refers to ants as male, and … Continue reading →

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Do Phrases Really Get Tired?

Posted on July 13, 2021 by Caroline Ailanthus

You probably know what “cliche” means, and you can probably think up several examples. If you’re a writer, you probably know you should avoid cliches-but you might not know why. People tend to call out cliche as though that label … Continue reading →

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Is This Ironic?

Posted on July 6, 2021 by Caroline Ailanthus

So I was going to write a post for you today about how I research my novels, but ran out of time in which to do so because I was researching a novel. Specifically, I hiked a couple of trails … Continue reading →

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