Charles Wiegand

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A picture of a starfish. The word starfish is a misnomer because a starfish is an echinoderm.

Misnomers and misleading words in English

2023/10/28

Misnomer - a word's meaning or usage doesn't align perfectly with its etymology or literal interpretation. A noun that refers to a wrong, misleading, or inappropriate use of a name or designation. It's also used to refer to the misleading name or designation itself.

What are some examples of misnomers? There are plenty, so here are a few:

short stories covers

My Published Short Stories

2023-05-04

Eleven of my short stories are published both online and in printed anthologies available on Amazon, in 9 different publications -

A book manuscript sitting on a desk, ready to be sent to a literary agent.

Submitting a book to a literary agent

Aug 20, 2022

This week I started sending out query letters to literary agents for my book "Stepping Out of My Comfort Zone." This process is long, slow, sometimes painful, and always not fun, but is a necessary evil if you have any hope of getting your book published by one of the "big 5" publishing houses.

So, what is the process? This is what I have found works best, but I am new at this, so there may be other methods that work better for some people.

Book cover for the book Short Stories and Poems published by Bookiwrote.

I am published! My first published short story

July 13, 2022

It's happened! I've been published! And not by going the self-pub route, six (6) of my short stories have been published in The Short Stories and Poems Anthology available on Amazon. It was published by Bookiwrote, based in England. The book is available here: On Amazon for Kindle and in paperback.

cover-art for several songs

Writing Short Stories - Prompts from Songs

June 3, 2022

Have you ever written a story based on a song? If not, you should try it, some songs can make great stories.

Check out: House of Four Doors, Down by the River, and Riding Shotgun on the 4:42 here on my website --> My Writings

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