Pam I don't mince words? But, but... I've just sold the rights to "Eat Your Words and Enjoy It: A cookbook for Starving Writers". With such sample chapters as... Pepper Your Prose With Pithy Aphorisms Stirring Orations Until they Gell Mince Your Words with Meaty Allusions ... and so on. Dratskies! Back to the drawing board. :( Carolly