APOSTROPHE USAGE EXPLAINED According to one of my previous articles, whenever a Southerner says "Y'all watch this," get out of the way because those... (1216 views)
COMMA USAGE EXPLAINED Don't they drive you nuts? You can visit all the rules of style you want, and you can read all the books and articles you want. You will still be... (1088 views)
Common Writing Mistakes Most books aren't rejected because the stories are "bad." They're rejected because they're not "ready to... (927 views)
You're Published! Now How Do You Tell The Readers? The first thing you must do is quit thinking like a writer and start thinking like a reader. That shouldn't be a problem... (1067 views)
How To Break Into Print Publishing The big question. Do you submit directly to the publishers, or do you find an agent who will do that for you? Based on... (1029 views)
RHETORICAL QUESTIONS Here's a question I ask as an avid reader. It's rhetorical, which means you don't have to answer it. Which is convenient... (1076 views)
LEARNING HOW TO WRITE As a student of Spanish, my goal was to think in Spanish. Skip the word-by-word translation so I'd have the necessary... (1079 views)
VOICE IN NARRATIVE AND DIALOGUE One of the nice things about being an author is that we can break any rule we want. (I just did.) It's part of our job... (827 views)
ABOUT WRITING In this free email course, I'll tell you everything I know about improving your writing, publishing it electronically and in... (1059 views)
I’m Not Shameless I’m not sure if this is a new fad, or whether I just never noticed it before now.... (927 views)1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | |