Wild Words: A collection of words from around the world that describe happenings in nature

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Why she chose to self-publish 10 books, plus what she’d do differently if she were just starting out Gabriela Pereira is an author, speaker, and entrepreneur who wants to challenge the status quo of higher education. As the founder and instigator of DIYMFA.com, her mission is to empower writers, artists and other creatives to take an entrepreneurial approach to their education and professional growth. Gabriela earned her MFA in writing from The New School and speaks at college campuses and national conferences. She is also the host of DIY MFA Radio, a popular podcast where she interviews bestselling authors and book industry professionals and author of the book DIY MFA: Write with Focus, Read with Purpose, Build Your Community. This is really important in most of the Highland mainland where Gaelic is absent. Since we’re not making up new names for landscape attributes, it makes sense to use those which are already recorded. Walkers and other recreationalists are now the main users of Highland landscape, so there is a great potential for them to reinvigorate mapped Gaelic.” Andi Cumbo-Floyd is a writer, editor, and writing coach who lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains with her husband, turbo tot, three dogs, and three cats. She writes regularly about writing over at andilit.com. Photosynthesis (pronounced fo-toe-sin-theh-sis) - Photosynthesis is the process by which plants produce their own food. They use sunlight, water and carbon dioxide from the soil and air around them. Plants then convert these elements into sugars (their food) and then release oxygen (as waste) into the air. Photosynthesis is necessary for all life on earth.

The intentional (and practical) steps she and her family took to move from the Midwest to the West Coast Citizen science - This is when members of the public collect information on the natural world for science. An example of this is the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch! Find out how to take part in a project here. Writers like to stay behind the screen, but part of our work requires getting out there and embodying The Season of Visibility. If you’re feeling unsteady, Sonja Overhiser is a writer worth knowing. She’s built a creative business with her husband, Alex, and today she’s sharing tips for surviving live television spots, why she hired a publicist (even though she had a traditional book deal), and how writing helped her cope with a difficult adoption journey. This high-quality brush font was designed by John Roshell. It was released in 1996 through a remarkable foundry named Comicraft.Making up your own collective nouns; a snuffle of hedgehogs, a wriggle of worms, encourages children to closely observe the characteristics of a creature and select words that express how they look, sound or make us feel. This and a wealth of other imaginative activities can be found in (‘An Explorer’s Guide to The Lost Words’) by Eva John. Somatic writing isn’t supposed to be polished. It’s supposed to come out the way it’s living in your body.” Jenny Seaman, the Trust's John Muir Award England Education Manager, shares some tips for adults who want to make language fun when spending time with young people in the outdoors. Nature connects us to our embodied animal selves, and bring us alive to the senses and patterns of movement. It allows us to quieten our chatty minds, and be present.It allows us to see that we are part of, and held by, something bigger than little, struggling me…

But when you are actually in a landscape looking at physical features on the ground and can relate the place name to what you are seeing, then that is particularly powerful. Especially with Gaelic place names which are so descriptive.There are lots of desired places where you can put this astonishing font such as Logos, Business cards, Branding projects, Headlines, Quotes, Banners, Posters, Comic Book Covers, and many more.

My guest today is Tiffany Clarke Harrison and we’re talking about the shadow side of publication—something many writers experience but rarely discuss publicly. While it’s normal to experience self-doubt, comparison, anxiety, and feeling like you want to crawl into a hole a couple of weeks before your book comes out, we often meet ourselves with shame, believing that we should simply be grateful for the opportunity. But what we really need is to offer tender compassion, and get in the habit of expanding our capacity for joy long before launch day. Naming their discoveries in this way encourages children to look in detail at their surroundings and always produces some imaginative responses; who doesn’t wish the nettle was really called ‘fiery dragon teeth plant’? Share the names created and then task others in the group to explore the area and guess what species they refer to. Larking about in nature, connecting with something bigger than myself, revelling in the awakening of my senses and bodily experience, playing with the words that arose. It began as the fun thing I did when I wasn't doing the real, important writing. Then I realised it was the most real, important and liberating of all. Then I wanted to do it with other people...

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All Down But Nine-Failure to understand something. It comes from a bowling reference which means someone has missed all nine bowling pins. Recognizing and avoiding the shame spiral of “I should be grateful” in the midst of “this also feels scary” It is these subtle nuances in the Gaelic landscape which standard English fails to express. Gaelic place names provide a specific intelligence useful for hill walkers and climbers, providing an alternative lens through which to view familiar landscapes, and a surer means of orientating oneself. Let’s just lean forward. We’re just gonna breathe. For a while I just sat there… I don’t feel like a real person, but we’re gonna try and breathe and be really excited and also, I realized you have been building up to this moment right here.”

Every November, writers from around the world commit to writing daily for 30 days, with the goal of generating 50,000 words of a new novel. National Novel Writing Month has enormous potential for helping us make progress, but not everyone feels comfortable with the parameters. If you have a new project you’re itching to make progress on, the concept of NaNoWriMo can be useful, but it’s not one size fits all. How to use an “Angst Jar” to help overcome with The difference between reading for pleasure and reading for purpose Endangered (pronounced end-ange-uhd) - If an animal is endangered it means it is at serious risk of going extinct. An example of an endangered animal is polar bears.

What are wild words? At summer’s end, Brook, a young girl, has come to visit her beloved grandmother Mimi. Brook and Mimi each have a problem. The grandmother, a wordsmith, has discovered that some of her favorite nature words are disappearing. She tells Brook, “If we don’t use words, they can be forgotten. And if they’re forgotten . . . they disappear.” She invites Brook to become her “Keeper of Wild Words.” Brook is hoping to find something for show-and-tell at school the next day.