Google Search: Where Is Boba Fett?

Christian here ready to bring you another gem of a post for ATB Writers. I was told to do my first ever google search post. A time-old tradition here at ATB where we google search a topic of choice and then blog about the results. 

Seeing as to how this post is due to come out the day after the end of the Book of Boba Fett, and the fact that I watch the show online with fellow writers Mary, Karissa, and Victor, I figured, why not have a bit of fun and answer these questions to the best of my ability as the group’s resident entertainment journalist who gets the scoop on things sometimes.

So here I am to answer the question we’ve all been dying to know regarding Where is Boba Fett:

Where is Boba Fett in The Timeline? 

Somewhere between A Long Time Ago and A Galaxy Far Far Away. 

Where is Boba Fett Filmed?

Tatooine, New Mexico, given that it’s Robert Rodriguez directing. The Latin guitar and biker gang was the dead giveaway. If not, then definitely, Texas, or wherever a sleeping Danny Trejo lay before his next Robert Rodriguez movie cameo.

Where is Boba Fett Actor From?

New Zealand? I believe given Temeura’s accent? I like to pretend Boba spent his youth working for a different evil one, claiming bounties for Sauron, on the isles of Hobbits and Kings.

Where is Boba Fett in The Force Awakens?

Force asleep, apparently. He’s no Chirrut. No ‘One with the force and the force is with me,’ over here. If force sensitivity was a thing -- Boba would be insensitive.

Where is Boba Fett’s Ship?

Filing paperwork to change its name from Slave One. Look, if the Millenium Falcon can get an unwarranted personality origins story in Solo, the ‘Firespray’ formerly known as Slave One, can get its own personality redemption story in The Book of Boba Fett. 

Where is Boba Fett Going?

Off to the side to passively stand there and do anything else besides take part in his own story. Like the original trilogy, he's been standing there with barely any lines. But just when you forget about him and things come blasting? Pew, Pew, Pew.

Where is Boba Fett Now?

Asking the republic if Rancor King can indeed be considered a legitimate profession.

Where is Boba Fett Streaming?

On his Jetpack. Up in the air.

Where is Boba Fett Set?

Tatooine. Before Star Wars Episode 12: The Search For More Money (The Spaceballs Edition). 

Well, that was fun! That said, I think buzzwords and hype for a story really generate a lot of fun related questions regarding an intellectual property, and if you can get people asking things like, ‘Where is Boba Fett?”, “What If Marvel…”, or “What's going on in WandaVision?” – you can generate a lot of organic search traffic. Including, for your story *hint hint*.

Google Search: Why is Mary...?

Hey everyone! Mary here, and it's my turn to do a Google Search. Now, for those of y'all who aren't familiar, Google Search is a semi-regular recurring segment of ours here on Across the Board. It's evolved over the years, and we all give it our own spin. It's also been a million years since I've done one, so I don't recall exactly how it works. One thing I do remember, though, is that I like to have fun with this segment by typing the beginning of a question into Google, looking at the autofill results, and answering said questions with all my knowledge and wisdom.

So that's what I'm going to do today. And I decided I'd answer questions on a topic I'm very familiar with: Me! So here I am to answer the question: Why is Mary...?

Here's what Google served up... let's see...

Why is Mary back on In the Kitchen with David?

I assure you, I am not. I am absolutely terrible at anything involving the kitchen except maybe grabbing pre-cooked food from the fridge and shoving it in the microwave.

Why is Mary so mean to Edith?

Edith knows what she did ;-)

Why is Mary Wollstonecraft important?

Because one of these days I'm going to use Mary Wollstonecraft as a pseudonym and then Google will be really confused :-P

Why is Mary a saint?

Because I have a high-tech alien device that implants peoples' minds with ideas about what a good, wonderful person I am!

Why is Mary Warren afraid of Abigail?

Ah, see, Mary Warren is my vampire pseudonym, the name I use around my fellow vampires, and Abigail is a garlic farmer.

Why is Mary called Bloody Mary?

Because I'm always tripping on the sidewalk and getting bloody knees for my troubles.

Why is Mary Queen of Scots famous?

Because she shares a first name with me, duh.

Why is Mary Anning famous?

See above.

Why is Mary Prince important?

Because, in the old time-y tradition of Theoden King, "Prince" actually refers to my title. Won't tell you where my kingdom is but I assure you, I spend quite a bit of time leading it. That's why I haven't finished writing my latest short story yet... totally not because I'm faffing around on this blog...

Why is Mary important?

Because I write the best YA sci-fi/fantasy books in the world, full of girls who fight monsters and heroines who take down evil, and you can check them all out on my website! #SeeWhatIDidThere

Sharpen Your Pencils ~ Blogging Has Entered A New Era!

By Cheryl Oreglia

I know ~ news flash! Right? 

We’ve seen it coming for years, ever since blogging made its debut in the 90s, it infiltrated the world as if a virus, then we flattened the curve with a herd mentality if you will, and today it seems to be controlled by a new vaccine, A.I., and we need to decide if we’re up for the new challenges solopreneurship blogs will be facing or be put out to pasture.

At the height of blogging it was easy to get ranked, one little focused keyword, and your blog shot to the top of Google’s search engines. Booyah. Remember when our posts enjoyed thousands of hits week after week? 

Those were the good old days.

The competition is stiff. To succeed in the future of blogging, we’ll need to produce top-quality content, demonstrate niche authority, establish a strong brand, and employ multimedia as well as a multi-channel approach says Akshay Hallur.

There’s a lot of false news out there claiming, “Blogging is dead,” but I believe these are simply scare tactics. Blogging is here to stay but those who plan on prospering in the next decade will need to sharpen their pencils and invest in some new skills. 

Here’s what the market is predicting for the future of blogging.

Google favors what favors Google. Duh.

According to Akshay Hallur, this means the SERPs will be dominated with content by big brands and corporate-owned sites like YouTube, Linkedin, Medium, etc. This creates a lot of tough competition for small bloggers. 

Hallur also says Google recently incorporated A.I. and machine learning to its search in the form of Rankbrain algorithm. It now has the ability to fully comprehend the content in seconds and rank quality content without human intervention. That is crazy. 

What does this mean for us?

Our content needs to dazzle not only our readers but Google Rankbrain according to SEJ. Shit. It’s one of the top 3 ranking factors of Google today. 

Our readers have a lot of options. Why would they choose us?

There’s a thing called information overload out there, people like to follow only a couple of blogs in their niche unless they are related to us and feel obligated to read. The current reality demands that we create captivating content, build our blog as an authority in our niche, have solid branding, or get ditched.

We need to continue to entice subscribers who read our content regularly. 

Content marketing is booming according to Akshay Hallur. Creating content that educates our readers to make decisions on future purchases, life choices, healthy living, travel, music, art, food, etc. is the future for bloggers.

In simple words, creating content in order to educate prospective customers and sell a product is booming says Akshay Hallur.

Next to Google, YouTube is the next most used search engine. We all know this and yet most bloggers completely ignore the opportunities YouTube has to offer. Apparently, people like to view content instead of reading it. It’s easier. This allows our multi-tasking culture to do things simultaneously like cooking and viewing interesting material.

Many blogs have moved to posting a link to a YouTube version of their post. It’s a skill to consider when we invite new writers to join our community.

Bloggers are able to extend their reach to new audiences by posting their content on other mediums like SlideShare, Medium, Pinterest, and Linkedin. 

People who are in need of quick information don’t always have the time to watch a video or listen to a podcast. The blog posts remain the single-best format for quick content consumption claims Akshay Hallur.

Good content writers are in demand in almost every industry. Big blogs are hiring content writers for their business, and it appears this employment model will continue to grow. 

I do not believe blogging will ever be dead but I believe solopreneurship will become a rarity in the future unless you have established your authority in your niche and your brand is well known.

It’s our new reality!

As technological advances continue to invade the blogging spear new opportunities will be unveiled. We just need to hang on to the kite’s tail so to speak and ride this trend into the future. 

What are your thoughts on the future of blogging?

When I'm not writing for Across the Board, I'm Living in the Gap, drop by anytime.

Google Search: Bing Edition: Why Does It Matter?

A post by P.T. Phronk,
of Forest City Pulp fame

It’s my turn to do a Google search, which is when you do a Google search then write a blog post about it.

Sometimes scientists are not sure if a new finding is a universal truth or just a quirk of a particular culture, so they will conduct the same experiment in various countries and see if they get the same results. I wonder if we can do the same thing by looking at the auto-complete results of various search engines and seeing what commonalities crop up? Because those must be the most important concerns that people frantically type into search engines, and that all algorithms prioritize, whether you’re visiting good old Google, the much-maligned Bing, or the scrappy do-gooder DuckDuckGo. Maybe the comparison can help figure out what’s important and relatable, whether you’re doing a scientific study or research for your next novel.

Let’s start with the big questions. What matters, and why?

 

I see three things that come up repeatedly: religion, politics, and the environment.

Across all cultures (as defined, poorly, by search engine choice), the environment is right up there with life’s big, eternal questions. I think that says something. The end of the world has always been a topic of inquiry, but now it takes the form of specific questions about our planet, and perhaps they’re worrying questions, if it’s common to wonder why it even matters if forests, dunes, and entire species disappear.

 

I remember in 2003, a blackout hit us here in London Ontario, alongside much of the Northeastern chunk of North America. Apparently that was caused by a single tree touching a single power line in Ohio, which led to cascading errors across a complicated and fragile human-created system. If one falling tree can do that, think of what many burning trees, many floods, and many entire missing links in the food chain will do. The Internet is not a universal and eternal part of nature. It’s a breakable thing that one species cobbled together with its opposable thumbs, and that species may regret coming to rely on Google, Bing, and DuckDuckGo for answers to life’s big questions when the shit hits the fan, or the tree hits the power line.

 

Hey Google, how can I dig a well in my backyard? Google? Please, I’m thirsty.

 

We know this is coming, possibly in our lifetimes. Some of our leaders care about doing something to prevent what we can and prepare for what we can’t. Some leaders don’t. Another question that came up across search engines: “Why does it matter to vote?” Sometimes asking one question provides the answer to another.

Google Search: Am I Normal?

A post by P.T. Phronk,
of Forest City Pulp fame

We all search for a sense of identity. Some of us search by going on literal or metaphorical journeys of self-discovery, testing our limits to find out what makes us really tick. Others search Google.

It's my turn for a Google-search-based post here, so I thought I'd try to discover what Google knows about how people define themselves.

Searching "am I," here are the autocomplete suggestions:

 

It seems that most people are curious about their internal state, which makes sense. Even with the progress we've made in discovering more about the brain and mental health, human minds—even our own minds—are still full of mystery and confusion.

Then there are the people who suspect they are pregnant, and decide to hit up Google instead of a doctor or pregnancy test. When Google fails to tell them if they are pregnant, they try "am I pregnant quiz," and I'm not that kind of doctor, but I don't think a quiz can tell you that. Come to think of it, a quiz isn't the best way to tell you if you're depressed either.

A core part of identity is comparing yourself to everyone else. In my psychology work, trying to measure things like personality and intelligence, a consistent theme I see is that most people think they are different, but most people are not (and, mathematically, can't be). The normal curve is very normal, and so are most people. I'm sure you're just full of delightful quirks, but those are the exceptions to countless other measurable variables that you're smack dab in the middle on. A quiz can't tell you with certainty if you're depressed, but Google's auto-complete can tell you that you're not the only person trying to figure out if you're comparable to other people in how you think, who you're attracted to, or how you're feeling.

What else can Google tell us about being normal?

 

Ok, a lot of things about blood there. Yeah, we're all full of the stuff, sometimes it leaks out, and we all bleed the same colour. But aside from that, we are mostly searching to see if we are sadder or "crazier" than other people.

That got me thinking—is this a recent thing? 2020 was an unusual year for a lot of people. Let's look at Google Trends:

 

There you have it. Searches for "am I normal?" reached an all-time high in October of 2020.

It's normal to worry about being normal after a highly abnormal year.

Whether you're writing the inner workings of a character in a book, or just trying to figure yourself out, I think that it's important to remember that almost all people are struggling to figure themselves out, especially now.

Google Search: What do I...

Hey everyone! Mary here with another entry into our Google Search recurring segment! Like seemingly everyone else, my brain has been on the fritz for a spell now. Just this weird fatigue and inability to think up basic solutions sometimes. Maybe that's why I just couldn't for the life of me figure out something clever to search for. I literally just sat there staring at that Google page, wondering what I could enter that would produce entertaining (or even just mildly interesting) results, and white noise filled my head. Pandemic brain, you're a real pain.

In despair, I started to just type in "What do I google" and stuff popped up after the "I", so... why not, let's run with it:

What do I want for Christmas

All I want for Christmas... Is uuuuuuu...niversal vaccinations so we can get out of this never-ending plague. Or near universal - whatever is close enough to make this stinkin' 'rona go away. Considering Christmas is over 9 months away, hey, that's a possibility I guess? Stay positive?

What do I want to eat

Yeah that's a good question... something about being stuck at home makes eating feel like an obligation. Like you've just got to fuel up every so often whether you feel like or not. I'm starting to get why techbros dump gross-looking rebranded Slimfast shakes down their throats.

What do I need to get a passport

...for? Apparently, NOTHING. Cuz we can't go anywhere!!! *wails*

What do I want for dinner

Can my body just figure out photosynthesis so I don't have to bother with this question every day? Or with the dishes... dammit I know it's been nearly a year, but I still can't figure out where all these dishes are coming from...

What do I need to open a bank account

Money, I guess.

What do investment bankers do

Gamble with other peoples' money and take a cut for their troubles, whether said other people win big or lose everything. Something like that. I dunno, watch The Big Short.

Ok so the above isn't some of my better blogging. Like I said, my brain is on the fritz.

Google Search - How often...

 

GOOGLE SEARCH

 

How often….

 

Like many of you, I am a child of the internet. Most of my useless information comes from middle-of-the-night Google searches and YouTube video black holes that send me spiraling from “how to boil an egg” to “did Catherine the Great really get down with a horse.” I know much of the information on the internet is dubious at best, but I am still (always) amazed at how much knowledge we have at our fingertips, and how little of it we use, content to scroll our lives away.

(No judgement. Give me Twitter or give me death.)

Before we dive neck-deep into the intricacies of the paint strokes in the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, let’s start with something simple.

How often should I poop?

Not only is this first on the list, it’s listed twice. I get it—most conversations don’t start with “Hey, are you regular?” We’re not all Jamie Curtis clutching a cup of DanActive. I poop once a day, twice if I’m lucky, and almost always after my second cup of coffee. You’re welcome.

 How often do you rotate tires?

This is also on here twice and, honestly, something I’ve never thought about. Being on the phone with a mechanic makes me break out in hives, but because it’s for ALL OF YOU, I called my repair guy who told me you should rotate your tires when you get your oil changed, about every 3,000 miles. YOU’RE WELCOME.

 How often should you wash your hair?

Do you stink? Feeling itchy? No? Then don’t worry about it. MOVING ON.

 How often to water grass seed?

If you ask the people who own the EXTREMELY POMPOUS apartment building down the road, you water your grass when it’s raining, after it rains, and just before it rains. (Can you feel me rolling my eyes?) Grass pretty much takes care of itself. If it’s going a little brown, give it a spritz. If it’s green and lush and a carpet of itchy wonderful, leave it be.

 

Go forth and adult. Tell ‘em Kat sent you.

Google Search: Will My Cat...?

A post by Mary Fan

Hey everyone! Mary here with the latest Google Search segment! Like pretty much everyone else in the US, I've spent the past 3 months holed up at home. This has led to me spending a LOT of time with my cat. The little fuzzball is in my face day in and day out, seemingly in defiance of all those memes joking about how much cats hate this whole quarantine thing because it means their people are around all the time.

Cats, of course, are little weirdos. One minute, they're purring and cuddling, and the next they're attacking your pen as you're trying to take notes during a work call. Being at home all day means I've observed way more of my cat's antics, and I have a lot of questions (seriously though, why is he obsessed with chewing plastic bags??).

So for this Google Search segment, I decided to see what everyone else was wondering about their feline friends.

... Interesting. I can't say these are questions that have personally crossed my mind, but apparently plenty of others have been wondering about them.

I'm not even going to pretend to have the answers to these, since that would mean pretending to understand cats, and we all know that's impossible. Instead, I'll just log my reactions to each of the auto-fill questions.

Will my cat eat my eyeballs?

Why is this the first one that comes up? Though now that I've got the mental image in mind, I can't help thinking of a horror/thriller scene where someone comes in to find a twitching, still-alive cat owner with their eyeballs eaten out and a demonic-looking kitty licking itself with satisfaction... Maybe if I were one of our resident horror writers I would've made flash fic out of that, but instead all I can do is go, "Eek!"

Will my cat come back?

Aw this one breaks my heart since it was probably typed by people whose kitties had run off :-(. To all y'all wondering this, I hope the answer is "yes!"

Will my cat eat me if I die?

Heh, probably, if it's out of food and has no way to get out and find more. Frankly, I wouldn't care if my cat decided to eat me after I was dead. I mean, I'd be dead. What would I care.

Will my cat remember me?

Aww... I'd think so. Despite years of dog-people propaganda about how cats don't like their humans, us cat people know how affectionate our kitties are.

Will my cat forget me?

Same thing, I guess.

Will my cat forgive me?

Lol I can only assume this was typed by people after they accidentally stepped on their cats' tails or otherwise freaked them out and were greeted with growls and hisses for the rest of the day. Having wound up in this position (because I thought it'd be funny to lift my cat like Simba in the Lion King... my cat was less than amused), I can say, "Yup, just let him be a brat for a day or two." Funniest part about the day my cat decided he hated me was that he would get all purr-y and cute when food was at stake, but then go right back to growling and hissing afterward. Kind of reminds me of some people...

Will my cat run away?

I hope not! Though I will say I'm glad I live on the 23rd floor of an apartment building, so that's not a worry for me.

Will my cat eat my plants?

Y'know, my cat's been weirdly good about not eating my spider plant (or my betta fish back when I had one). He does like cucumbers though for some weird reason, so who knows, maybe he just doesn't like spider plants.

Anyway, I can't end this post without a picture of the kitty in question, so here's Dorian, attacking a pile of embroidery floss I was attempting to untangle and sort (and then having to wear one of the friendship bracelets I was making out of said floss):

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Dorian is absolutely loving my latest foray into bracelet making 😹

A post shared by Mary Fan 🐲 范诗蓉 (@astralcolt) on Jun 19, 2020 at 8:39pm PDT

How To Make A Murder

Hello, all! How are things? Are you well? Hanging in there? Are you tired of reading emails that ask about your health? Are you tired of hearing from companies offering up their reassurances about shipping products you haven't bought in five years? (I get it, Zappos. You're there for me during this difficult time. My shoes might be delayed. I'll survive) To be honest, my COVID buys are mostly lipsticks I can't wear anywhere. We all have a thing.

Good news: the weather has finally changed in the Poconos. It got quasi-warm. That's right, it's hit the mid-60 to 70 degrees range. I swear I spend half my life checking the ten-day forecast. Anyway, thanks for stopping by. It is my turn to post a Google Search!

I'm finishing up edits on a murder mystery as I am wont to do and I had to tinker with my manner of murder. At first I was curious if one could make a murder look like an accident, which is a super common trope, so I Googled 'how to make a murder look like an accident.' But that sorta messed up my current plot and caused more headaches than I needed. But that brought me to my fun Google Search starter. So I typed 'how to make a murder' in Google and got these nutty results instead.

How to make a murder mystery game--Props to anyone venturing down this path. This seems like a real involved activity that I wouldn't want to do in a thousand years. How long would it take to create a murder mystery game? As long as it takes to write a novel? But, if this is your jam, then carry on.

How to make a murder Netflix--is this a new show? Or someone trying to remember How To Get Away With Murder, the very popular Shonda Rhimes program on ABC? Uh, no. It's people misremembering Making A Murderer on Netflix. I should've realized that. I just Googled it.

How to make a murder mystery game roblox--I'll have to ask my kids about this. My oldest son used to be really into Roblox. To me, it looks like the Dire Straits Money For Nothing video. Remember that gem? That's vintage Roblox.

How to make a murder mystery party--Only on Zoom. I remember parties. I always hated going to them and now I'd skin my dog to be able to hang with people other than the ones I live with.

How to make a murder board--uh....like a game? Or, like, you want to plan the ultimate crime?

How to make a murder cast--Again, wrong show. So many people are misremembering.

So what are you Googling lately my fine friends? What are you buying online to take the edge off the pandemic? Anything weird? You can tell me.

Do Dogs Turn Into Spirits? Google Search + Flash Fiction

A post by P.T. Phronk,
of Forest City Pulp fame

It's my turn for a Google search post! This is my first ATB Google search, so I had to look up the rules:

• Start a random search string in Google (or could be from one of your previous searches) 
• Choose one of Google’s suggestions
• Write up a post (or some flash fiction if you’re feeling really creative)

Let's make this as embarrassing as possible by starting with some of my actual previous searches. Most of my Google history is boring brain science stuff for my day job, but a few recent searches stood out:

I believe that's called a "video," past self.

I guess the air was moving fast and I forgot what to call it? Or maybe I just longed for the feeling of being outdoors, and turned to Google for a fruitless search to find pictures of wind.

Makes sense, given we're living through SARS's flashier but shittier sequel. The SARS outbreak was in 2003, and stopped by good old fashioned isolation of the infected, which was easier because it doesn't spread as easily as COVID-19. We still don't have a vaccine for SARS. Yikes.

Right, that sums up my feelings. (This is also the name of a great web series).


And finally, these two:

Errr ... that last one may require some explanation. My girlfriend and I were drinking wine and just wondering if our spayed dog would miss going into heat and doing the nasty with boy dogs. What? It's a valid question!


Anyway, let's combine those last two and see what Google autocompletes:

Ok I understand asking if dogs turn grey or white, but pink? Red? What have Googlers been doing with their dogs?

The one I really like is "do dogs turn into spirits?" Animals usually get left out of the world of the undead (though not in my crappy vampire series, because I find animals more interesting than people). But if a tiger can get COVID-19, then a dog (or bunny) must be able to catch whatever microorganism causes undeath. Surely dogs, and indeed all animals, can turn into spirits.

Let's explore the possibilities there with some flash fiction:

Do Dogs Turn Into Spirits? 

By P.T. Phronk

It turns out dogs have ghosts too! This is so great. After petting my friend’s dog, Ziggy, I’ve started seeing them everywhere, and they are always excited to see me. When a translucent puppy comes bounding up to me with a big bone in his mouth, I wonder if he was the pet of a long-ago king or a dead movie star. You never know. Sometimes three or four phantom doggos will crawl into my lap begging for pets. I hope this never ends!

Oh wow, it works with cats, too. A neighbourhood kitty rubbed up against my leg, and suddenly I see glowy eyes watching me wherever I go. Unlike dogs, they’re quite indifferent to my presence, but I think the ones at home are warming up to me. Some will meow for food. It’s a teeny bit irritating when I’m trying to sleep, but what a small price to pay to always be surrounded by adorable fur babies!

After a squirrel at the back door grabbed a peanut right out of my hand, the trees look much more alive. I can barely make out leaves any more, because there are so many fluffy little tails waggling up there. Cute! Kind of.

Since I helped that baby bird back into its nest, things have become a touch more difficult. I miss the sun, now that the sky is black with criss-crossing swarms of birds that died a long time ago. They swoop through my room and annoy the dozens of spectral cats that hang around, watching and licking their lips. The constant squawking and screeching sure do make it hard to get anything done.

Now it’s mosquito season. I thought living mosquitos were annoying, but let me tell you, the dead ones don’t lose their hunger for blood, and there are so many more of them. My entire body is covered in clumps of every mosquito that ever lived, jabbing their phantom needles into my veins in a futile attempt to drain my blood.

Sometimes I wish they could drink me dry, because maybe then the begging, the squawking, the itching would end. But when I see a translucent naked man writhing on my bedroom floor, the bugs swarming him, the cats gnawing on him, I know this will never end.

Good times, good times. Stay safe, everyone!

Google Search: Writer Slang

I had intended to post Part 2 of my Zodiac Profiles for Writers, but I decided to stick with my assigned topic for this moth - a Google search. I’ll give you Part 2 next month.

As the mom of a newly minted teenager, I find I'm constantly trying to keep up. I’m the mom who monitors her phone whenever I feel the urge (she’s aware of this, by the way, and I tell her when I do a check - it’s a good way to keep her on her toes). I also follow her on all her social media. I also have to be added to any private stories she has on Snapchat. This means that occasionally I’m exposed to some slang terms that I’m too old to understand. I’m often looking up terms (and sometimes crying when I find out what the mean). This got me thinking - what kind of slang terms exist for writers? 

A Google search gave me the following suggestions:

A click on Writer Slang Name took me to https://urbanthesaurus.org/synonyms/writers and while there were some I was familiar with (like in the first picture below), there’s a whole world of terms I never knew existed. I selected just a few to share with you here today, but I urge you to go and explore on your own.

If you have a favorite writer slang term, feel free to drop it in the comments below - just don’t forget to tell us what it means!

~ Carrie