Platitudes Top the List of Pet Peeves
Everybody has pet peeves. As a writer, banal platitudes top my list. After chatting about our busy schedules, an acquaintance recently admonished me to “stop and smell the roses.” While I appreciated the sentiment, deep in…
Think Outside the Mailbox
Whoever said, “You can’t put a square peg in a round hole” obviously never met my mailman. Writers who use clichés are like street punks who use four-letter words. They lack the imagination to be original…