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Monday, December 16, 2013

EDITING TIPS! THE TRUTH ABOUT THE DREADED ING-WORD!

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Many grammarians advise that starting a sentence with ING words—in this case used as participles—is the weakest way to begin a sentence. I w...
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Thursday, August 29, 2013

Book review on On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, written by Stephen King, published by Pocket Books, 2002, and the tenth anniversary edition by Scribner in 2010.

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What I like most about this book, besides that it’s available on Kindle, is that King highlighted aspects of his own life and how certai...
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

How to Turn an Editor’s Head the Wrong Way

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I’ve already mentioned (Apr. 3, 2013 blog post) the harm plantations of dialogue tags can cause when allowed to infest our work, so here’...
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Cupcakes and Good-wife Impressions

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For my husband’s birthday, I made cupcakes for him to take to work. I haven’t made cupcakes in years, and I forgot what a pain they could ...
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Monday, March 25, 2013

Weeding Your Tags

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I’ve been doing more editing than writing lately, and I’ve noticed plantations of excess dialogue tags. Today I examined one of my own ...
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Thursday, February 14, 2013

Good reads for young adults—book review on HEART ON MY SLEEVE by Ellen Wittlinger

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An Oldie but goodie, which means it’s definitely worth taking off the shelf for a second or third read. At first glance at the text o...
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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Analyzing Picture Books—GOOD LUCK BABY OWLS

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GOOD LUCK BABY OWLS by Giles (writer) and Alexandra (illustrator) Milton, published by Boxer Books, 2012, is spread over 25 pages, 17 with ...
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