Victoria Wroblewski
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Freelance Copy Editor and Proofreader | Volunteer Reader for Rooted Literary Magazine | Omnivorous Reader, Fannibal, and Opinionated Person.
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Latibulate, verb
(obsolete) to retreat and lie hidden : to hide in a corner
In a sentence: I am wont to latibulate with a good book whenever there is a crowd.
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(obsolete) to retreat and lie hidden : to hide in a corner
In a sentence: I am wont to latibulate with a good book whenever there is a crowd.
#WedsWordOfTheWeek #Vocabulary #Words #InkhornEditor
November 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Latibulate, verb
(obsolete) to retreat and lie hidden : to hide in a corner
In a sentence: I am wont to latibulate with a good book whenever there is a crowd.
#WedsWordOfTheWeek #Vocabulary #Words #InkhornEditor
(obsolete) to retreat and lie hidden : to hide in a corner
In a sentence: I am wont to latibulate with a good book whenever there is a crowd.
#WedsWordOfTheWeek #Vocabulary #Words #InkhornEditor
A reminder for all those who, like me, are struggling to build and maintain a consistent work and life schedule.
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #VictoriaErickson
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #VictoriaErickson
November 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
A reminder for all those who, like me, are struggling to build and maintain a consistent work and life schedule.
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #VictoriaErickson
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #VictoriaErickson
Meshuggener, noun, adjective
informal : a foolish or crazy person
In a sentence: Find me one congressman that isn’t a grade A meshuggener—just one!
#WedsWordOfTheWeek #Vocabulary #Words #InkhornEditor
informal : a foolish or crazy person
In a sentence: Find me one congressman that isn’t a grade A meshuggener—just one!
#WedsWordOfTheWeek #Vocabulary #Words #InkhornEditor
November 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Meshuggener, noun, adjective
informal : a foolish or crazy person
In a sentence: Find me one congressman that isn’t a grade A meshuggener—just one!
#WedsWordOfTheWeek #Vocabulary #Words #InkhornEditor
informal : a foolish or crazy person
In a sentence: Find me one congressman that isn’t a grade A meshuggener—just one!
#WedsWordOfTheWeek #Vocabulary #Words #InkhornEditor
We like to drag authors from the casket Barthes put them in to present the corpse as proof of the “true” meaning of a text. Yes, there are some questions that only the dead author can answer, but meaning and interpretation go far beyond canonicity.
#QuoteOfTheWeek #InkhornEdits #BrandonSanderson
#QuoteOfTheWeek #InkhornEdits #BrandonSanderson
November 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
We like to drag authors from the casket Barthes put them in to present the corpse as proof of the “true” meaning of a text. Yes, there are some questions that only the dead author can answer, but meaning and interpretation go far beyond canonicity.
#QuoteOfTheWeek #InkhornEdits #BrandonSanderson
#QuoteOfTheWeek #InkhornEdits #BrandonSanderson
Scaramouch, noun
or scaramouche
1: usually capitalized: stock character in the Italian commedia dell’ arte
2 a: a cowardly buffoon : ne’er-do-well
2 b: rascal, scamp
In a sentence: That scaramouch can be relied upon for a good fandango and very little else.
#WedsWordOfTheWeek #Vocabulary #Words
or scaramouche
1: usually capitalized: stock character in the Italian commedia dell’ arte
2 a: a cowardly buffoon : ne’er-do-well
2 b: rascal, scamp
In a sentence: That scaramouch can be relied upon for a good fandango and very little else.
#WedsWordOfTheWeek #Vocabulary #Words
November 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Scaramouch, noun
or scaramouche
1: usually capitalized: stock character in the Italian commedia dell’ arte
2 a: a cowardly buffoon : ne’er-do-well
2 b: rascal, scamp
In a sentence: That scaramouch can be relied upon for a good fandango and very little else.
#WedsWordOfTheWeek #Vocabulary #Words
or scaramouche
1: usually capitalized: stock character in the Italian commedia dell’ arte
2 a: a cowardly buffoon : ne’er-do-well
2 b: rascal, scamp
In a sentence: That scaramouch can be relied upon for a good fandango and very little else.
#WedsWordOfTheWeek #Vocabulary #Words
I'm shifting my focus to longer content. The quote and vocabulary posts will continue, as will article shares, but otherwise, I'm going to be posting less as I work on the blog I'll be launching later this year. Stay tuned for updates!
#updates #writing #editing #InkhornEdits
#updates #writing #editing #InkhornEdits
November 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I'm shifting my focus to longer content. The quote and vocabulary posts will continue, as will article shares, but otherwise, I'm going to be posting less as I work on the blog I'll be launching later this year. Stay tuned for updates!
#updates #writing #editing #InkhornEdits
#updates #writing #editing #InkhornEdits
In honor of Halloween, I present this singularly unnerving description of an intelligent psychopath and sadist.
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #Hannibal
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #Hannibal
October 31, 2025 at 1:05 PM
In honor of Halloween, I present this singularly unnerving description of an intelligent psychopath and sadist.
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #Hannibal
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #Hannibal
Maladroit, adjective
1: marked by a lack of dexterity or skill : clumsy
2: revealing a lack of perception, judgment, or finesse : tactless, inept, bungling
In a sentence: Nymphadora Tonks is a perfect example of a maladroit person, in both senses of the word!
#WedsWordOfTheWeek #Vocabulary #Words
1: marked by a lack of dexterity or skill : clumsy
2: revealing a lack of perception, judgment, or finesse : tactless, inept, bungling
In a sentence: Nymphadora Tonks is a perfect example of a maladroit person, in both senses of the word!
#WedsWordOfTheWeek #Vocabulary #Words
October 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Maladroit, adjective
1: marked by a lack of dexterity or skill : clumsy
2: revealing a lack of perception, judgment, or finesse : tactless, inept, bungling
In a sentence: Nymphadora Tonks is a perfect example of a maladroit person, in both senses of the word!
#WedsWordOfTheWeek #Vocabulary #Words
1: marked by a lack of dexterity or skill : clumsy
2: revealing a lack of perception, judgment, or finesse : tactless, inept, bungling
In a sentence: Nymphadora Tonks is a perfect example of a maladroit person, in both senses of the word!
#WedsWordOfTheWeek #Vocabulary #Words
Perhaps that’s why readers tend to hoard books. I have shelves of books that I shall never read again because I've outgrown them, but I have no intention of disposing of them. They have significance in my own personal history.
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #DorothySayers
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #DorothySayers
October 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Perhaps that’s why readers tend to hoard books. I have shelves of books that I shall never read again because I've outgrown them, but I have no intention of disposing of them. They have significance in my own personal history.
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #DorothySayers
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #DorothySayers
Semantic Satiation, noun
psychological phenomenon: repetition of a word causes the listener/reader to temporarily process it as nonsense.
In a sentence: If you write "their" repeatedly, it stops looking like a word; that's semantic satiation.
#WedsWordOfTheWeek #Vocabulary #Words #InkhornEditor
psychological phenomenon: repetition of a word causes the listener/reader to temporarily process it as nonsense.
In a sentence: If you write "their" repeatedly, it stops looking like a word; that's semantic satiation.
#WedsWordOfTheWeek #Vocabulary #Words #InkhornEditor
October 22, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Semantic Satiation, noun
psychological phenomenon: repetition of a word causes the listener/reader to temporarily process it as nonsense.
In a sentence: If you write "their" repeatedly, it stops looking like a word; that's semantic satiation.
#WedsWordOfTheWeek #Vocabulary #Words #InkhornEditor
psychological phenomenon: repetition of a word causes the listener/reader to temporarily process it as nonsense.
In a sentence: If you write "their" repeatedly, it stops looking like a word; that's semantic satiation.
#WedsWordOfTheWeek #Vocabulary #Words #InkhornEditor
A lot of editors turn off the Word suggestions completely. This is because, for every relevant suggestion, there are about ten that look like this.
Never. Just. Accept. Word. Suggestions.
#microsoftword #writing #editing #InkhornEditor
Never. Just. Accept. Word. Suggestions.
#microsoftword #writing #editing #InkhornEditor
October 20, 2025 at 1:08 PM
A lot of editors turn off the Word suggestions completely. This is because, for every relevant suggestion, there are about ten that look like this.
Never. Just. Accept. Word. Suggestions.
#microsoftword #writing #editing #InkhornEditor
Never. Just. Accept. Word. Suggestions.
#microsoftword #writing #editing #InkhornEditor
I’m not a huge poetry person, so I don’t have anything clever to say about this; I just like the way it sounds. That, and it's seasonally appropriate!
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #WilliamWordsworth
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #WilliamWordsworth
October 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I’m not a huge poetry person, so I don’t have anything clever to say about this; I just like the way it sounds. That, and it's seasonally appropriate!
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #WilliamWordsworth
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #WilliamWordsworth
Gonzo, adjective
1: a style of journalism marked by a lack of objectivity
2 informal: very strange or unusual : bizarre, far-out
In a sentence: If Gonzo the Muppet wrote about Jim Henson, that would be gonzo journalism!
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1: a style of journalism marked by a lack of objectivity
2 informal: very strange or unusual : bizarre, far-out
In a sentence: If Gonzo the Muppet wrote about Jim Henson, that would be gonzo journalism!
#WednesdayWordOfTheWeek #Vocabulary #Words #InkhornEditor
October 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Gonzo, adjective
1: a style of journalism marked by a lack of objectivity
2 informal: very strange or unusual : bizarre, far-out
In a sentence: If Gonzo the Muppet wrote about Jim Henson, that would be gonzo journalism!
#WednesdayWordOfTheWeek #Vocabulary #Words #InkhornEditor
1: a style of journalism marked by a lack of objectivity
2 informal: very strange or unusual : bizarre, far-out
In a sentence: If Gonzo the Muppet wrote about Jim Henson, that would be gonzo journalism!
#WednesdayWordOfTheWeek #Vocabulary #Words #InkhornEditor
A humorous exchange from the queries of the last book I edited (shared with the author's consent). It's also a good example of why you should check if something feels off.
#Editing #Queries #Writing #factchecking #InkhornEditor
#Editing #Queries #Writing #factchecking #InkhornEditor
October 13, 2025 at 1:03 PM
A humorous exchange from the queries of the last book I edited (shared with the author's consent). It's also a good example of why you should check if something feels off.
#Editing #Queries #Writing #factchecking #InkhornEditor
#Editing #Queries #Writing #factchecking #InkhornEditor
No knock against the German language; I enjoyed my two semesters of it in college, but all I can recall now is "Ich kann Fledermäuse mit einem Eierlöffel töten," which is not only magnificently useless, but patently untrue!
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #ThomasLovePeacock
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #ThomasLovePeacock
October 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
No knock against the German language; I enjoyed my two semesters of it in college, but all I can recall now is "Ich kann Fledermäuse mit einem Eierlöffel töten," which is not only magnificently useless, but patently untrue!
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #ThomasLovePeacock
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #ThomasLovePeacock
Tartle, verb
Scottish
hesitation when trying to remember someone’s name
In a sentence: I’ll bet you two beers that she’s going to tartle when she tries to introduce him!
#WednesdayWordOfTheWeek #Vocabulary #Words #InkhornEditor
Scottish
hesitation when trying to remember someone’s name
In a sentence: I’ll bet you two beers that she’s going to tartle when she tries to introduce him!
#WednesdayWordOfTheWeek #Vocabulary #Words #InkhornEditor
October 8, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Tartle, verb
Scottish
hesitation when trying to remember someone’s name
In a sentence: I’ll bet you two beers that she’s going to tartle when she tries to introduce him!
#WednesdayWordOfTheWeek #Vocabulary #Words #InkhornEditor
Scottish
hesitation when trying to remember someone’s name
In a sentence: I’ll bet you two beers that she’s going to tartle when she tries to introduce him!
#WednesdayWordOfTheWeek #Vocabulary #Words #InkhornEditor
I can categorically state that I've never gained a moment’s peace through worry. Preparation, yes, but once preparation is done, or if the thing cannot be prepared for, you gain nothing in trying to deal with it before it arrives.
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #Seneca
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #Seneca
October 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I can categorically state that I've never gained a moment’s peace through worry. Preparation, yes, but once preparation is done, or if the thing cannot be prepared for, you gain nothing in trying to deal with it before it arrives.
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #Seneca
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #Seneca
MacGuffin, noun
object, event, or person in a narrative that, while usually not important in itself, sets and keeps the plot in motion.
Origin: coined by Alfred Hitchcock
In a sentence: Monty Python uses the Holy Grail as a blatant MacGuffin.
#WedsWordOfTheWeek #Vocabulary #Inkhorneditor
object, event, or person in a narrative that, while usually not important in itself, sets and keeps the plot in motion.
Origin: coined by Alfred Hitchcock
In a sentence: Monty Python uses the Holy Grail as a blatant MacGuffin.
#WedsWordOfTheWeek #Vocabulary #Inkhorneditor
October 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
MacGuffin, noun
object, event, or person in a narrative that, while usually not important in itself, sets and keeps the plot in motion.
Origin: coined by Alfred Hitchcock
In a sentence: Monty Python uses the Holy Grail as a blatant MacGuffin.
#WedsWordOfTheWeek #Vocabulary #Inkhorneditor
object, event, or person in a narrative that, while usually not important in itself, sets and keeps the plot in motion.
Origin: coined by Alfred Hitchcock
In a sentence: Monty Python uses the Holy Grail as a blatant MacGuffin.
#WedsWordOfTheWeek #Vocabulary #Inkhorneditor
I always love working with CW Browning, and this book was particularly fun! Check out Forged Legacy, out today!
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Paperback: cwbrowningbooks.com/products/for...
#Writing #Editing #NewRelease #ForgedLegacy
eBook: cwbrowningbooks.com/products/for...
Paperback: cwbrowningbooks.com/products/for...
#Writing #Editing #NewRelease #ForgedLegacy
September 30, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I always love working with CW Browning, and this book was particularly fun! Check out Forged Legacy, out today!
eBook: cwbrowningbooks.com/products/for...
Paperback: cwbrowningbooks.com/products/for...
#Writing #Editing #NewRelease #ForgedLegacy
eBook: cwbrowningbooks.com/products/for...
Paperback: cwbrowningbooks.com/products/for...
#Writing #Editing #NewRelease #ForgedLegacy
Book coach—Similar to a fitness coach, but for writing. Answers questions, creates work plans, cheers you on, and holds you accountable. It’s tailored support for each writer’s project/journey.
#EditingTerms #writing #editing #InkhornEdits
#EditingTerms #writing #editing #InkhornEdits
September 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Book coach—Similar to a fitness coach, but for writing. Answers questions, creates work plans, cheers you on, and holds you accountable. It’s tailored support for each writer’s project/journey.
#EditingTerms #writing #editing #InkhornEdits
#EditingTerms #writing #editing #InkhornEdits
Lines like this encapsulate the very best and, for me, rarest part of reading: that swooping, bright-eyed wonder as your imagination takes flight, and just for a moment, all things are possible.
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #EdenPhilpotts
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #EdenPhilpotts
September 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Lines like this encapsulate the very best and, for me, rarest part of reading: that swooping, bright-eyed wonder as your imagination takes flight, and just for a moment, all things are possible.
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #EdenPhilpotts
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #EdenPhilpotts
Basketweaving, verb
(figurative) any useless, unproductive, or lightweight activity
In a sentence: I wish you’d stop your basketweaving and get a proper job!
#WednesdayWordOfTheWeek #Vocabulary #Words #InkhornEditor
(figurative) any useless, unproductive, or lightweight activity
In a sentence: I wish you’d stop your basketweaving and get a proper job!
#WednesdayWordOfTheWeek #Vocabulary #Words #InkhornEditor
September 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Basketweaving, verb
(figurative) any useless, unproductive, or lightweight activity
In a sentence: I wish you’d stop your basketweaving and get a proper job!
#WednesdayWordOfTheWeek #Vocabulary #Words #InkhornEditor
(figurative) any useless, unproductive, or lightweight activity
In a sentence: I wish you’d stop your basketweaving and get a proper job!
#WednesdayWordOfTheWeek #Vocabulary #Words #InkhornEditor
One of the reasons I love this show is that a lot of the dialogue is like this: esoteric and alien to everyday modes of expression. English has such a wealth of language; it is a pity to waste such a trove for the sake of expediency.
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #Hannibal
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #Hannibal
September 19, 2025 at 1:04 PM
One of the reasons I love this show is that a lot of the dialogue is like this: esoteric and alien to everyday modes of expression. English has such a wealth of language; it is a pity to waste such a trove for the sake of expediency.
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #Hannibal
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #Hannibal
Tenebrific, adjective
1: Gloomy
2: causing gloom or darkness
Origin: borrowed from Medieval Latin
In a sentence: The moon was overshadowed, and the streetlights blinked out, one by one, in a tenebrific advance.
#WednesdayWordOfTheWeek #Vocabulary #Words #InkhornEditor
1: Gloomy
2: causing gloom or darkness
Origin: borrowed from Medieval Latin
In a sentence: The moon was overshadowed, and the streetlights blinked out, one by one, in a tenebrific advance.
#WednesdayWordOfTheWeek #Vocabulary #Words #InkhornEditor
September 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Tenebrific, adjective
1: Gloomy
2: causing gloom or darkness
Origin: borrowed from Medieval Latin
In a sentence: The moon was overshadowed, and the streetlights blinked out, one by one, in a tenebrific advance.
#WednesdayWordOfTheWeek #Vocabulary #Words #InkhornEditor
1: Gloomy
2: causing gloom or darkness
Origin: borrowed from Medieval Latin
In a sentence: The moon was overshadowed, and the streetlights blinked out, one by one, in a tenebrific advance.
#WednesdayWordOfTheWeek #Vocabulary #Words #InkhornEditor
I had another quote for today, but given recent events, this seemed more apposite. If your leaders disappoint you, take a hard look at the society that produced them; work on changing it so that the current leaders aren't replaced by more of the same.
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #Pratchett
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #Pratchett
September 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I had another quote for today, but given recent events, this seemed more apposite. If your leaders disappoint you, take a hard look at the society that produced them; work on changing it so that the current leaders aren't replaced by more of the same.
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #Pratchett
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #Pratchett