RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://aus.social/@MichaelPryor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MichaelPryor</span></a></span> This is my <em>life</em> as I <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/amrevising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amrevising</span></a>, along with <em>about, almost, barely, begin, but, certainly, generally, I saw/felt/heard/read/thought that, kind of, maybe, mostly, near, of course, one (indefinite pronoun), perhaps, potentially, possibly, probably, really, some, sor*t of, started, still, that, usually</em>, and *you can. These are my weasel and hedge words. Makes you want a macro language in your word processor to help you find them, don't it!</p><p>Sadly, I don't smoke. </p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writingLife</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/weaselWords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weaselWords</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/hedgeWords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hedgeWords</span></a></p>