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Absolutely! I have a habit of reading the words on the page faster than I can enunciate them... and at a rate that would make it sound like gobbledegook! A steady pace is the key

Thanks for this! Nice to see Louisa May Alcott in a different light in contrast to the sweetness of Little Women!

Sounds good to me! I'll check it out - well done on it!

Did you hear about the frog who parked in the middle of the road?

He got toad away...

She certainly carries a tune better than I ever could!

The above pearls of wisdom reminded me of a great philosophy I always try to keep in mind:

If you wait for perfect conditions, you will never get anything done.
― Ecclesiastes 11:4

I had forgotten to press 'record' after completing a perfect reading. And then the murders began.

When you forget you've left Youtube open and running on one of your other tabs and an advert suddenly blares out at full volume through your headphones... I aged about 10 years in one second...

A great find indeed! I'll definitely be counting this towards my '5-portions-a-day'!

Hello fellow authors! Have any of you lot self-published your work on a blog site before? What platforms do you all use for this? I have a modest little personal blog project with short stories and general chit chat... I use wordpress at the moment (probably the most technical thing I'm capable of!)...

My wife's ultimate linguistic pet peeve is when people say or write "whilst" instead of "while"... personally, I think she's missing out!

I might try to bring 'erstwhile' back into fashion...

Without a doubt reading out loud can help... particularly if you're reading a dictionary!! :lol: :lol: :lol: I jest, just a little joke there... I do enjoy learning and reading other languages in my spare time (I'd love to record a chapter of audiobook with my French and German skills on here someda...

I'd celebrate National Biscuit Day (May 29th) every day, definitely! (In fact I already do...)

On that note, would you rather give up caffiene for the rest of your life--

-- Or give up sugar?

Hi Plaidsicle, this looks like a really interesting and informative blog.

I enjoyed reading through it... thanks for bringing it to our attention!

Hi Katie

I'm new too- I've found there's a lot to explore!

Welcome to the community