I’m from the Pacific Northwest and am a Northwesterner through and through. Heck, I don’t even own an umbrella—I’m just used to the rain dripping down the back of my collar.
Mrs. Egan’s first grade class. Palmer Method. I never could get the capital “Q’s” right and still can’t. Seriously—I’ve always considered myself a speaker first and a writer second. I’ve been a professional speaker for many years. I still find that the cadences and rhythms of the spoken word are very helpful to me as a writer. I’ve just had to learn to replace visible gestures with the written equivalents.
