What's the loveliest sentence in the English language? - Pop Candy: Unwrapping pop culture's hip and hidden treasures

What's the loveliest sentence in the English language? - Pop Candy: Unwrapping pop culture's hip and hidden treasures

Pop Candy put up a post about a new book that just came out. It sounds intriguing and I believe will help readers and writers alike appreciate how to craft a sentence.

i09's sponsoring a writing contest!

io9's Environmental Writing Contest

Details are at the link - be sure to check it out, the prize is pretty awesome!  And don't be scared by "environmental" - they want stories about environmental disaster.  Let us know if you submit a story!

Obsolete English Words

Neatorama linked to an article of 20 obsolete English words that should make a comeback. What do you think?

Here's an especially fitting excerpt from the list:

16. Scriptitation

Noun – A 17th-century word meaning “continual writing” – Matadorians taking part in this year’s National Novel Writing Month are getting good practice at scriptitation!

Check out the others!

Write-in

New Location!  This week's write-in will be held at Cosi in the Reston Town Center, at 7pm.

Check out Authonomy - A writing focused social network

Another of Lifehacker's writing articles this week features the site Authonomy, where you can apparently interact with other writers and have the possibility of getting your work noticed and published.

I haven't checked out the site yet, so I'd be interested in people's comments if they do.  It sounds like a pretty good concept, just not sure I'd like it in practice.

Read more about it at Lifehacker