I've heard others push back on using compassionate language, saying it's too difficult, or too politically correct, or not important.

Even as a little kid, I thought like a fact-checking editor. Or at least as an advocate for truth in advertising. 

Clear communication sometimes relies on one letter.

As I was fact-checking, generative AI gave me incorrect information. It wasn't the first time.

When have you encountered slang that sounds of out of place? What was your reaction?

"Forego" and "forgo" can be a tricky pair of words. Should we use the “e” in the middle or leave it out?

The thing is, like sticks and stones, names do hurt. Especially when they come from people who should know better.

Music can be a powerful way to evoke memories and details that might get overlooked when you’re writing a linear narrative.

I grew up in a household that was fairly strict about swearing, which is why I have a goody-two-shoes vocabulary that's almost comical.