A Novel With Questions.

some words for characterization (pt. 1)

Personality

aggression, arrogance, artifice, atrocity, audacity, bearing, best, bravery, buoyancy/buoyance, calm, character, charisma, charm, compliance, confidence, courage, dash, dedication, determination, disposition, distinction, effrontery, egoism/egotism, empathy, endurance, enterprise, esprit de corps, fettle, fight, foible, fortitude, gall, generosity, gentility, go, good will/goodwill, grit, gusto, hauteur, heroism, hubris, identity, ilk, individuality, inhibition, innocence, kind, laziness, longevity, magnetism, manner, martyrdom, mettle, might, monstrosity, morale, motivation, mystique, nerve, obedience, oomph, patience, penchant, perseverance, pizzazz, point, potency, presence of mind, prima donna, proclivity, property, psyche, qualify, reputation, savor, self-respect/self-esteem, shortcoming, soul, spirit, spunk, stamina, staying power, taste, temper, tenacity, thing, trick, twist, valor, verve, vigor, vitality, weakness, willpower, zeal, zing, zip

Attributes of Personality: aboveboard, adventurous, airy, amenable, approachable, arrogant, assertive, assured, august, bashful, belonging to, big hearted, blasé, blithe, boastful, boorish, brash, buoyant, callous, captious, catty, charming, cheeky, childlike, chilly, churlish, clear, clinical, cocky/cocksure, co dependent, colorful, combative, confident, cool, coy, culpable, cute, dainty, dastardly, dedicated, delicate, demonic/demoniac/demoniacal, dependent, despicable, determined, dewy-eyed, die-hard, dignified, dispassionate, distant, dynamic, easygoing, egocentric, egotistic/egoistic, embittered, endearing, engaging, even-tempered, exalted, exemplary, feckless, finicky, flatulent, forbearing, forward, free, frigid, gallant, garrulous, generous, genteel, glacial, good, good humored, good-natured, gregarious, gutless, halcyon, happy-golucky, hardhearted, hard-nosed/hardheaded, hell-bent, high and mighty, high-strung, hyperactive, icy, ill natured, immovable, imperturbable, individual, indulgent, infamous, inherent, innocent, insouciant, intrinsic, inveterate, irresponsible, jazzed-up, kindhearted, kosher, laid-back, latent, liberal, likable, loutish, low, loyal, magnetic, matronly, meritorious, mincing, miserly, mulish, native, nice, nonchalant, obedient, obsequious, odd/oddball, officious, openhearted, open-minded, opprobrious, ossified, outspoken, particular, peculiar, perfidious, persistent, personable, philanthropic, pigheaded, predictable, prim, proper, pushy, quick-tempered, recluse/reclusive, reserved, rotten, saintly, Satanic, selective, self-assured, self-centered, self-confident, self-conscious, self-satisfied, self-sufficient, shabby, shifty, slothful, snotty, spick and-span, spotless, spunky, squeamish, staid, standoffish, stoic/stoical, stubborn, suave, sweet, thick skinned, trustworthy/trusty, unapproachable, unpretentious, unsuspecting, uppity, vain, valorous, virile, vocal, winning, wishy-washy, zealous

Intelligence

acquaintance, anticipation, apprehension, attention, bent, capacity, clarity, cognizance/cognition, comprehension, consciousness, creativity, darkness, depth, education, empathy, erudition, expertise/expertness, familiarity, feeling, foresight, genius, grasp, head, ignorance, imagination, innocence, intellect, interpretation, invention, ken, know-how, learning, literacy, mentality, misconception, nirvana, observation, perception, proficiency, sagacity, sanity, scholarship, sensibility, skill, soul, understanding, wit/wits, workmanship

Attributes of Intelligence: able, abstruse, accident-prone, acute, alert, analytic/analytical, apt, astute, aware, bewildered, blind, brilliant, canny, cerebral, clairvoyant, clever, cognizant, common-sense, comprehensible, considered, conversant, cunning, deducible, delirious, designedly, dim, dizzy, down-to-earth, dumb, eagle-eyed, efficient, empty, empty-headed, erudite, expert, farsighted, feeble-minded, frivolous, gullible, hazy, idiotic, illiterate, impressionable, incomprehensible, ineligible, inexperienced, ingenious, inquisitive, insipid, intelligent, inventive, judicious, knowing, learned, logical, lucid, mindful, moronic, not born yesterday, observant, omniscient, penetrating, perceptive, philosophical/philosophic, privy, proficient, psychic, quick-witted, rational, reasonable, sagacious, sane, savvy, scholarly, seasoned, sensible, shallow, shrewd, skillful, slow, soft, studious, subtle, thick, thoughtless, unaware, uneducated, uninformed, unknowing, vacant, versed, veteran, weak, well-balanced, well-defined, wide-awake, with-it

Social state

abasement, affirmative action, association, awkwardness, behind, belonging, bond, breach, breeding, calm, care, celebrity, censorship, circumstances, class, coherence, companionship, complicity, concord, conjunction, consanguinity, contact, cooperation, courtesy, credit, culture, degree, détente, dignitary, diplomacy, disagreement, disfavor, disharmony, disorder, dissolution, disturbance, duty, echelon, eminence, entertainment, entry, estate, excitement, falling out, familiarity, fellowship, fidelity, foreplay, friendship, fun, fuss, genre/genus, get along, glory, height, hit it off, hospitality, hubbub, humiliation, immunity, infidelity, intrigue, juncture, laissez-faire, lather, level, liberty, luxury, marriage, men’s movement, mortification, mutiny, nepotism, nobility, nonviolence, notoriety, odium, opprobrium, partnership, piffle, place, pleasure, polygamy, popularity, predicament, prestige, rage, rapport, rate, relationship, reproach, reputation, ruckus, rupture, seclusion, servitude, shame, situation, society, sophistication, split, standing, state, status, stillness, stink, support, sympathy, taste, terms, tomfoolery, uncertainty, variance, whirl

NOTE

The above are concepts classified according to subject and usage. It not only helps writers and thinkers to organize their ideas but leads them from those very ideas to the words that can best express them.

It was, in part, created to turn an idea into a specific word. By linking together the main entries that share similar concepts, the index makes possible creative semantic connections between words in our language, stimulating thought and broadening vocabulary.

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Why Women Hate Me

There is a new book with a character struggling with his relationships. Help a writer out.

Palacio de Santoña, Madrid, Spain

Keep reading. History always repeats itself. The "press" gone through cycles and made a lot of mistakes over time. Read about the Spanish-American War, it happened because of the press. Don't believe everything you read in the press, even about Trump, because real reporting has taken a back seat.

alert

i was doing some research on john adams bc that’s the kind of girl i am.. and i found out that he was deeply unpopular because of an act he passed. they were called the alien and sedition acts. i didn’t think much of it until i read the article and this is what i found.

in the alien and sedition acts, john adams:

did not allow people to protest the government

did not allow immigrants into the US

did not allow freedom of the press

jailed lawmakers

deported foreigners

fined and imprisoned those who would “write, print, utter, or publish… any false, scandalous and malicious writing” agains the government

violated personal rights

RESTRICTED FREEDOM OF SPEECH

and it made me think… wow… i’m glad that the United States has come far so we don’t have to worry about all this….

and then i realized… this is exactly what Donald Trump is doing.

history is repeating itself. donald trump is the new john adams. spread the mf word.

Leaderboard - book #3

I need readers. Launching on Amazon Feb 1 the 3rd series novel - Leaderboard. It involves a global conspiracy, a hidden cure for cancer, and the rescue of a friend. Sam Hook is meeting Crystol Lombardo in Columbus to heal. http://samsneadhook.comwww.amazon.com/Leaderboard-Novel-Sam-Hook-ebook/dp/B0CSF2QMY2…………

Incorrect Quotes Tag Game

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Here are some incorrect quotes from my characters

Jacob and Roselle

Jacob: If I didn't know any better, I'd say you're impressed. Roselle: But you do know better.

2. Elaine and Ryan

Elaine: I have issues. Ryan: Finally, you admit it! The first step to redemption is accept- Elaine: With you.

3. Rachel and Evan

Evan, in the hospital: Will you visit me when I get out? Rachel: Lol nah, I hate graveyards.

4. Ryan and Jacob

Ryan: I got an idea! Jacob: Does it involve breaking the law? Ryan: By now don’t you think that’s a given? Jacob: I was just trying to be optimistic. Ryan: Don’t bother.

5. Amber and Cameron

Cameron: You have an impressive pain tolerance. Amber: Thanks, it's the trauma.

6. Elaine and Eleanor

Elaine: WHOEVER CAUSED THIS MESS IS GOING TO- Eleanor: It was me... Elaine: ...Is going to be forgiven because everyone deserves a second chance.

7. Amber and Jacob

Jacob: I got grounded for a whole week just because I came home late. Amber: Well, you deserved it. I mean, getting everyone's hopes up like that and then showing up again.

8. Ben and Rachel

Ben: Just be yourself. Say something nice. Rachel: Which one? I can't do both.

9. Anna and Jacob

Jacob: So you like cats? Anna: Yeah. Jacob: *tries to impress them by slowly pushing a glass off the table*

10. Elaine and Anna

Anna: You know, when I first met you I thought you were a real bitch. Elaine: What changed your mind? Anna: Oh, I still think you're a bitch. I've just grown to like that about you.

A man’s story of frustration and disappointment with his relationships. 

The next in a series of thriller novels. Sam Hook is grinding to find a place on the golfing tour, but has problems when a secret organization kidnaps a girlfriend.

Fontana di Trevi, Rome (by Estefania)