Thames Valley Wordworks

I like semantic drift as much as the next person, and I don't actually mind what the kids are doing with "literally" these days. But I'm still a bit of a curmudgeon, and so I think I will install this:
http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2014/apr/22/literally-figurative-program-misuse-plugin-browser

'Literally' figuratively destroyed by program to remove the word's misuse A new browser plug-in displays all instances of the much-abused adverb as its traditional opposite. It's a figurative blast

Oh, there are so many worthy contenders:
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Self-publishing is gaining more traction and esteem every day:

http://www.writersunion.ca/news/writers-union-canada-members-vote-admit-qualified-self-published-authors

Writers' Union of Canada Members Vote to Admit Qualified Self-Published Authors | The Writers'... I joined The Writers' Union of Canada as a new author in 2000 because I needed the support and companionship of fellow scribes. I have remained a member, and will always lend my wheezy baritone to this powerful chorus, because our collective voice must never be stilled. As a great American playwrigh...

Spacing Magazine is a long-running side-project of TVWW partner Anna. It wins awards sometimes. It just won this one!

The best Canadian magazine cover of 2013 is.... :: Ryerson Review of Journalism :: The Ryerson... Congratulations to the good people at Spacing, whose 10th anniversary issue has been dubbed the best Canadian magazine cover of 2013 by our readers. Sarah Fortunato’s City Hall cake garnered 26 votes from our readers.

Copyediting has its merits, but sometimes it turns you into a soulless robot. You have to take breaks, to save your soul. Can you recommend a bite-sized, guilty-pleasure, internet-based distraction?

Here's one of mine: http://harkavagrant.com/

Hark, a vagrant: 353

These are hard! I got 11 right, which was a blow to my ego. How many did you get?
http://the-toast.net/2013/12/31/guess-the-book-from-its-library-of-congress-subject-keywords/?utm_content=bufferfbfff&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Guess the Book from Its Library of Congress Subject Keywords! Gillian Brassil invents the world's nerdiest book game: guessing titles based on Library of Congress subject keywords.

Spot the error(s) in the status update, 2014 edition! Go:

My new years' resolution is to read more books by London authors, and also to lose less library books.

It's NYE. You are another year older. You have started writing a novel and/or your memoirs and/or a collection of poems, but you haven't told anyone about it because you are modest and/or humble and/or scared. But it's 2014 now, and the time has come. Right?

Well, if you're into it, we're into it. We can help with whatever part of the process you're ready for. Happy New Year!

Happy holiday(s), everybody!

TVWW has had some very, very, very, very, very exciting projects lately. That's all. I'm just gushing. There are no errors in this status update.

This is fun. And just to prove that I'm as awesome as I say I am, here's a screenshot of my score: