Wordsmith Wannabe Gifts

I often thought that I should have been a weaver of words,someone who danced and sang his way into peoples souls and through my imagination led others into a world of dreams and intoxicating revelry...But auditing offered a much better pension.

'Reading this grant proposal, I conclude that you must have gotten an A in creative writing.'

English major will work for food.

"When I grow up I'm going to be a ghost writer."

The Fledging Author Struggles To Find His Voice. . .

"Swing me with your words."

Man Buys Engagement Ring And Wants It Inscribed.

'I wish I could tell her how I feel about her, but the only words I know are 'eat', 'rock', 'water', and 'hit'.'

Mexicans playing Scrabble.

"Guess I'll have to. It's a cinch I can't say it with words."

Books vs mobile phones

'I'm reading aloud, Jeremy - My lips are SUPPOSED to be moving!'

'When we get there let me do the double talking.'

"Too bad about old Ainsworth. Published and published, but perished all the same."

Ed Flanders, Deconstruction Worker

Campaign for Plain English

Library sections; Fiction, non-fiction and do-it-yourself.

'Darling I want you to remember this always,,,'

Thru versus Through Traffic

"Whenever he shows up everything turns to crap!"

"Meet The Author"

"Do me next."

First Novels.

"She's been so creative lately."

Edgar Allen Poe

"I didn't finish the proof but I did write this poem about my struggle."

Reading my Critics

Big Tex Silver Saddle Restaurant advertises 'BBQ, $10, Chatter in a Vanishing Regional Dialect $1.00 Extra.'

"Let me slip into something a little more thoughtful."

"Counsel for prose is overruled. Poetry, you may continue."

Backfire

A Copy Editor and His Dog

"No writers were harmed or mistreated in the preparation of this story."

Cut Price

'Why can't we have a texting bee?'