baratin & baratiner

Does one need to hit the road to sell books on French life? Not when your MOM is busy pounding the pavement! Read on… (photo taken in Briançon). Note: the next word goes out in the new year. Meilleurs Voeux! Bonne Année! le baratin (bara-tehn)     sweet talk, smooth talk baratiner = to sweet-talk somebody, to chat someone upbaratineur, baratineuse = smooth talker  Audio File: listen … Continue reading baratin & baratiner

rediger

One thing's sure: there will be colorful characters in my next book (check out our progress on this, Day Three!, of the Publish A Book in 21 Days Challenge… and thank you for forwarding this post to a writer—a writer being anyone whose desire it is to write, and, especially, one who follows that desire. Read on, in the following missive. 🙂 Tip: put your … Continue reading rediger