Six-Word Memoirs "Smith" asked dozens of writers "famous and obscure" to compose six-word memoirs; they wanted wordsmiths, old and new, to capture the essence of romance in half a dozen words. Press for this second book included a second appearance on "Talk of the Nation". The book also spent some time on Entertainment Weekly's "Must List". Released September 1, 2009, "I Can't Keep My Own Secrets—Six-Word Memoirs by Teens: Famous & Obscure," was the first "Six-Word Memoir" book devoted entirely to teenagers. "Smith" launched "Smith" Teens in June 2008. Soon after, it became a destination for teenagers to reveal their biggest secrets,
Teeline Shorthand a streamlined way to transcribe the spoken word quickly by removing unnecessary letters from words and making the letters themselves faster to write. Vowels are often removed when they are not the first or last letter of a word, and silent letters are also ignored. Common prefixes, suffixes, and letter groupings (such as "sh" and "ing") are reduced to single symbols. The symbols themselves are derived from the old cursive forms of the letter and the unnecessary parts are again stripped leaving only the core of the letter left. Unlike phonetics based shorthands, such as Pitman, Teeline is a spelling