I do this a lot when I'm editing. My beta readers seem to do it even more than I do though, which I find amusing and...
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Grammar Wednesday: COMMA–direct salutation
Direct salutations occur mainly in dialogue when one character is calling another by a specific name. Now, this can be...
Writing and Book Launching!
This world has been crazy the past few weeks for me. I am writing, though not on fiction (unless you are atheist, then...
Grammar Wednesday: Comma–parenthetical phrase
A parenthetical is easy. If it could go into parenthesis, a.k.a if it makes not difference to the meaning behind the...
Alien Arrival
This is what I've been working on most of the day. It's got one of my favorite scenes! The scene is based in truth. I...
One up, One down
I finished writing chapter 4 of the super secret project that's not so secret yesterday. It took longer than I...
Grammar Wednesday: COMMA–participle phrase
Participle phrases can be a bit tricky. Basically, if you have a sentence with an "ing" word in it, you need to pay...
Fucking Fucks! (Cursing in exposition)
I need to preface this post with the fact that I am NOT against cursing in books. So, I am NOT against cursing in...
Hearing about an unpubbed writer who replies to rejections with reasons why the editor/agent is wrong.
This is one of my favorite tumblr pages of all time. Granted, I don't really tumblr, but if you're an author or...
Amazon.com: Katherine’s review of Forever Burn
meanie Katherine might possibly have made a few tears roll down my cheek. I don't know how I am blessed with such...
Simple Advice
I am what most people consider somewhat prolific. I produce a lot of story over a little amount of time. This is...
DV 101
Guess who's writing! Oh right, that's me! I've been writing a lot of today. Here's a pic of the first chapter of my...
February Goals!
February is fast and coming. AKA THAT'S TOMORROW! Yikes! I have two goals for Feb. I'm changing it up from my...
Grammar Wednesday: COMMA–dialogue tag
To start off my "Grammar Wednesday," I figured I would start with commas. They seem to be one of the biggest issues...
Things to know when writing…
- You will always offend someone. - You will never please all your readers. - You can only fully satisfy yourself, but...
Gingerman Monday
So I'm at the bar, again, and my bartender is shocked that I'm writing in a notebook today! He says I'm going old...