I have reviewed a number of books by independent authors lately: Rachel Thompson, Bruce Blake, Seb Kirby, Doug Dorow, Chris Ward and of course RS Guthrie. All the reviews that I have published on this blog have been very positive: four or five stars out of five. I thought I would now explain how I […]
Commas are probably the most abused punctuation mark in English today, and probably the most overused, too. Here are a few tips to make them easier to use correctly. Commas separate parts of a sentence: Don’t leave out commas from your writing. They represent the pauses in speech, and give readers a chance to take […]
Photo by Brookage (Creative Commons) What are we sharing online? Too much. “Oversharing” used to refer to celebrities posting on their social media way too much detail about their personal relationships, their dates with other celebrities or newest bulimia techniques. Or about ordinary people blogging stuff that’s just too personal.But something else is happening: in […]
A new book by Scott Morgan, my brother from another mother and father … and country … who somehow got all the good looks … How To Be A Whiny Beeyotch: 71 Writing Excuses Meet the Back of My Hand Okay, I gotta whine: I didn’t get around to blogging about this before February 8, […]
Lately, I’ve been reading a lot of work that shows severe problems with sentence structure. Whether in fiction or non-fiction, it’s almost as if the writers do not understand what a sentence is. For example: An analysis of survey results conducted by GHI concluded that different groups of consumers face different kinds of challenges, this […]