Julia Tomiak | Diary of a Word Nerd

Book Suggestions from the Goodreads Choice Awards

Posted on November 13, 2015 by Julia Tomiak / 16 Comments

My book club is meeting next week, and we're choosing our books for 2016. I need ideas! The Goodreads Choice Awards can help me - and you too.

Posted on November 11, 2015 by Julia Tomiak / 4 Comments

Do you know what putative means? It's a synonym for ostensible. Still stumped? Read on!

Posted on November 6, 2015 by Julia Tomiak / 7 Comments

My YA manuscript made it into Miss Snark's ON THE BLOCK contest - you can read it and offer critique. Hopefully agents will too!

Posted on November 4, 2015 by Julia Tomiak / 4 Comments

Another fun word from Morgan Matson's SINCE YOU'VE BEEN GONE: Peripatetic. Do you know what it means? The Word Nerd explains.

Posted on October 30, 2015 by Julia Tomiak / 3 Comments

Learn how one young woman used her brains and coding to solve a problem for readers.

Posted on October 28, 2015 by Julia Tomiak / 13 Comments

Do you know what ensorcell means? The Word Nerd explains this word from Morgon Matson's Since You've Been Gone.