The to-do list has gotten out of hand again, so my "day off" is, of course, going to be a busy one. Mostly I'll be here, with my face glued to my computer screen, as I have the honor and privilege of reading the latest draft of the second book by a friend from our Sisters in Crime group. I've been promising her for weeks (months, probably) that I'd read it and give her my opinion, and I've been at it in bits and pieces while I've been working on my own. Today she's top of my list.
My Wonder Twin has put up an absolutely fabulous post over at Murderati today. If you've ever wondered why real-life murder cases fascinate us writers so much, go here and find out - she mentions a cold case that's near and dear to the hearts of Nashville. Heartwrenching stuff.
For the rest of you, here are this week's vocabulary words. And coming soon to a Lunch Room near you, the long-promised, much-anticipated announcement I've been hinting and teasing about for a while ...
Word(s) of the Day from ArcaMax Vocabulary:
carom \KAIR-uhm\ (noun) - 1 : A rebound following a collision; a glancing off. 2 : A shot in billiards in which the cue ball successively strikes two other balls on the table. (intransitive verb) - 1 : To strike and rebound; to glance. 2 : To make a carom. (transitive verb) - To make (an object) bounce off something; to cause to carom.
vertiginous \vur-TIJ-uh-nuhs\ (adjective) - 1 : Affected with vertigo; giddy; dizzy. 2 : Causing or tending to cause dizziness. 3 : Turning round; whirling; revolving. 4 : Inclined to change quickly or frequently; inconstant.
verisimilitude \ver-uh-suh-MIL-uh-tood; -tyood\ (noun) - 1 : The appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true. 2 : Something that has the appearance of being true or real.
commodious \kuh-MOH-dee-us\ (adjective) - Comfortably or conveniently spacious; roomy; as, a commodious house.
supine \soo-PYN; SOO-pyn\ (adjective) - 1 : Lying on the back, or with the face upward. 2 : Indolent; listless; inactive; mentally or morally lethargic.
peremptory \puh-REMP-tuh-ree\ (adjective) - 1 : Precluding or putting an end to all debate or action. 2 : Not allowing contradiction or refusal; absolute; decisive; conclusive; final. 3 : Expressive of urgency or command. 4 : Offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power; dictatorial; dogmatic.
Read a book. It's good for you.
=) JB
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