Writerisms and other Sins: A Writer's Shortcut to Stronger

A Candid Look at Books and the Book Industry Like many editorial consultants, I’ve been concerned about the amount of time I’ve been spending on easy fixes that the author shouldn’t have to pay for. Sometimes the question of where to put a comma, how to use a verb or why not to repeat a word can be important, even strategic. But most of the time the author either missed that day’s grammar lesson in elementary school or is too close to the manuscript to make corrections before I see it. Real people in fake stories What are the legal ramifications of using a real person in a fictional story? Do you have to have their permission? For instance, what if a character accidentally bumps into a celebrity on the street. No words are exchanged, just an acknowledgment of the fictional character's brush with fame. Or, even more involving, what if a story centered on the completely fictional account of a celbrity's kidnapping... or a love story involving a fictional character and a celebrity. NOTE: When I say "celebrity," I don't mean celebrity in the tabloid sense... necessarily.

Dog Bloggers Category: Corporate/Business Description Do you have a passion for dogs and the responsibilities of owning and caring for pets? Do you have a calling to make the dog community better? Do want to be paid for it? avoid common writing errors? Sure, you know how to write, but do you ever notice how other people's writing contains some really stupid errors? You think to yourself: "How can this person, who has been to college, make so many mistakes? I no longer love him, my firstborn son." 50 Awesome Open Source Resources for Writers and Writing Majors With the popularity of blogging and online journals, writers working in the online realm have a growing number of opportunities all the time to practice and refine their craft, and maybe even get paid for it. And if you’re a writing major, why not take advantage of all the opportunities to get great free and open source resources that can help you to write, edit and organize your work? Here’s a list of fifty open source tools that you can use to make your writing even better.

Anne Sexton "All my pretty ones? Did you say all? O hell-kite! All? What! all my pretty chickens and their dam At one fell swoop?... Interview: Neil Gaiman and Joss Wedon Joss Whedon and Neil Gaiman may well be the two most interesting people creating popular culture right now. Whedon is the man behind Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, and he wrote and directed the science fiction film Serenity, which opens Sept. 30th. Gaiman created the instant-classic comic book Sandman, and he's the author of the new novel Anansi Boys, out this month. He has a new movie, Mirrormask, which also opens Sept. 30.

Fit Pregnancy The Single & Pregnant First Trimester Blues Getting through the first trimester on my own, without completely losing it, wasn't easy, but once I heard the heartbeat of my baby for the first time, everything made sense. Why We Shouldn’t Lie About New Motherhood We owe it to all new mothers to be a little more real. Common Avoidable Errors There are many common errors in student writing which can be easily and permanently corrected if you have the motivation to take habitual care to avoid them. The Apostrophe s is used to indicate a possessive.