In my current novel, from the first few chapters, it should be pretty obvious that this is NOT a romance novel. I work...
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Grammar Wednesday: COMMA SPLICE–Semi-colon
A semi-colon is used as a way to separate the two independent clauses more than just a comma and coordinating...
Wrongs compounded by wrongs…
I wasn't ever planning on writing this post, but after reading a chapter and editing it for someone, I feel it's...
The Next Big Thing: Blog Hop March 20, 2013
Hey y'all (yes, I've been living in Texas far too long). This is a blog hop. Don't know what that is? Good, I didn't...
Grammar Wednesday: COMMA SPLICE–coordinating conjunction
Our new grammatical issue to look at, for the next five weeks or so, is the comma splice. Are you ready? This one has...
Grammar Wednesday: COMMA–sequence of events/lists
Welcome! Guess what?! This is the last week on commas! Oh my! Unless someone really doesn't understand one of the...
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...
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...
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...
Writing brings people together…
Yesterday, I spent the day at the Dallas Sci-fi Expo/Comic con. It was an amazing experience. I met actors from my...
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...
Grammar Wednesday: COMMA–compound sentence
A compound sentence is made of two independent clauses. That means, in the basics, each part of the sentence can stand...
Simple Advice
I am what most people consider somewhat prolific. I produce a lot of story over a little amount of time. This is...
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...