Throwback Thursday: The Etymology of Prig Prig (prig) n., v. (rare or obs.) priggish, adj.

Hashtags for Dummies (like me)

I’ll never forget the day I first heard the term, close to seven years ago.

My best friend at the time was a fat, washed-up, 40-something Navy veteran-turned-fleabag motel manager with two teenage sons. We were sitting in his living room eating…

The Art of The Insult

As a departure from the use of curse words for throwback Thursday, it might be fun to imagine another time and place; a simpler, more literate time — when people didn’t need to curse or use expletives to tell people exactly what they thought of them. One of the first casualties of the…

“LOL” and Other Insults to the English Language

I fucking hate acronyms. I’m sorry, but it’s true. I write, so I love our language, I love what we can achieve with just twenty-six letters, but I also despise what some people do with those letters. LOL.

Prose Interviews NYT Bestselling Author Kristen Ashley

This week we talk to the New York Times Bestselling Author Kristen Ashley.

All Kristen ever wanted to do was write. Somehow, she got into the charity biz and…

Prose Partner Paul on his Stu-stu-stu-STUTTER

Stuttering. Stammering. Speech impediment. Ironically, all words that if needing to be uttered aloud are likely to strike fear into the heart of those who suffer from what they describe. That’s just damned cruel, in my opinion.

Prose Interviews Author and Screenwriter Michael Marshall Smith

Smith is originally from Cheshire in the United Kingdom, lived in London for twenty five years, and now resides in Santa Cruz, Northern…

Prose Books Before You Die: Of Mice and Men

We’re chuffed as little apple seeds to start BBYD, a regular feature all about the books that the Prose Partners and some of our interviewees have urged people…

Prose Interviews the seriously funny Mark O’Sullivan

Mark O’Sullivan is a comedian, writer and an all-round smashing chap. He’s half of a comedy duo who you’ll find on the internet and a variety of TV…