I suspect everybody knows what a wolf (Canis lupus) is: a furry, four-legged creature with big teeth that lives and hunts in packs and sings to the moon and plays a very important role in a healthy ecosystem. Deer, elk,…
Month: March 2016
Lessons Learned: My Amazon Giveaway Experiment
I heard on the Sell More Books Show that Amazon had opened giveaways to eBooks. It sounded promising, a low-cost way to gather some followers and put my book into the hands of new readers. Here’s what happened and what…
Posted in Marginalia
Wyvern
The wyvern (sometimes spelled wivern) is a mythical beast related to the dragon. It features a dragon’s head, a barbed tail, wings instead of forelegs, and hindquarters resembling a snake (no legs) or a lizard (two legs). Artists sometimes depict…
Posted in Weird Words
Cadger
Look up cadger in the dictionary and you will find its primary meaning has a very negative connotation. A cadger is someone who begs or borrows without any intent to repay the debt. Drop the trailing r and you have…
Posted in Weird Words
