Odds and Ends and Words

Diamonds in the Sky

http://www.mikebrotherton.com/diamonds/

A NASA sponsored anthology of short stories with lessons about space. See my story, "The Moon is a Harsh Pig.'

100 Most Beautiful Words

A scintillating, quintessential elixir

This felicitous list can be a bit esoteric, but in the end it's an exuberant and mellifluous efflorescence of language. See if you agree with the words that were judged most beautiful by "Dr. Goodword" at alphaDictionary.com.

Happy peregrinations...
http://www.alphadictionary.com/articles/100_most_beautiful_words.html

(And this is just a sample of lots of other fun stuff at alphaDictionary.com.)

Thomas Christensen's Glossary of Book Publishing Terms

Be careful when you read this funny publisher's glossary, or you could hurt yourself laughing.

http://www.rightreading.com/publishing/publishing-glossary.htm

Another Glossary of Book Publishing Terms

http://bookendslitagency.blogspot.com/2009/06/publishing-dictionary-expanded.html

This one's a bit more serious, on another useful blog.