 Sesquipedalophobe––a person with the fear of long words [Latin - sesqui ‘one and a half’; pedal ‘foot’] Dear Diary, Whew. That is close. Too close. A few more letters and the word diary is too long. I must be wary or else. It makes me tired to do this each day. I have to look for other words all the time. And how do I do that? With a damn thesaurus. I feel sick now. I need to lie down. Recuperate. Ugh. I just threw up on the desk. To find out more about the April A to Z Blogging Challenge and join the fun click here!Seismic Crimes by Chrys Fey An Internal Affairs Investigator was murdered and his brother, Donovan Goldwyn, was framed. Now Donovan is desperate to prove his innocence. And the one person who can do that is the woman who saved him from a deadly hurricane—Beth Kennedy. From the moment their fates intertwined, passion consumed him. He wants her in his arms. More, he wants her by his side in his darkest moments. Beth Kennedy may not know everything about Donovan, but she can’t deny what she feels for him. It’s her love for him that pushes her to do whatever she has to do to help him get justice, including putting herself in a criminal’s crosshairs. When a tip reveals the killer's location, they travel to California, but then an earthquake of catastrophic proportions separates them. As aftershocks roll the land, Beth and Donovan have to endure dangerous conditions while trying to find their way back to one another. Will they reunite and find the killer, or will they lose everything? About the Author Chrys Fey is the author of Hurricane Crimes and 30 Seconds. She is currently working on the sequel to Hurricane Crimes that’ll serve as book two in the Disaster Crimes series.
When Fey was six years old, she realized her dream of being a writer by watching her mother pursue publication. At the age of twelve, she started writing her first novel, which flourished into a series she later rewrote at seventeen. Fey lives in Florida where she is waiting for the next hurricane to come her way. Find her online at her website, blog, Twitter, Facebook, Goodreads, and Google+.
21 Comments
4/22/2016 05:34:08 am
Isn't it ironic that the word describing a fear of long words is extra long?!
Sophie Duncan
4/22/2016 05:43:36 am
LOL! I better be wary, and not use any long words in my reply! You could not be German and have a fear of long words! :) 4/22/2016 06:03:12 am
LOL. I'd hate to have to find smaller words all the time. That would definitely make writing difficult. 4/22/2016 07:19:38 am
That really is an interesting phobia. And I'm laughing at Chrys's comment. 4/22/2016 07:46:27 am
I knew this one existed though I didn't know the word. How would you get through school, like a geography class?
C. Lee McKenzie
4/22/2016 09:23:11 am
I'm working on cultivating that phobia. Short words are better. Long ones are hard to say and really hard to spell. 4/22/2016 10:45:23 am
Love the word! There seems to be a phobia for everything. Great take on the challenge. 4/22/2016 11:41:51 am
Fear of long words is a long word itself... how interesting :D
Patricia Lynne
4/22/2016 05:14:45 pm
@Stephanie, I know, right?! LOL 4/23/2016 09:35:42 am
Congrats to Chrys! What a striking cover! 4/23/2016 03:49:50 pm
I love the irony that the word for a phobia of long words is a ridiculously long word! 4/25/2016 03:37:32 am
Ooh, I would have a real problem if I developed this phobia :)
Patricia Lynne
4/26/2016 08:37:37 am
@Gayl, it's one of the few I had heard before and I thought it was so funny that I had to use it. Leave a Reply. |
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