Writing Tips

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How Not to Write a Novel: 200 Mistakes to Avoid at All Costs If You Ever Want to Get Published by Howard Mittelmark and Sandra Newman I enjo...

I approached "Novel Voices" by Jennifer Levasseur with a lot of enthusiasm. The premise is terrific. The authors interviewed 17 aw...

I will be taking this blog in a bold new direction in 2010. Some bloggers might worry about alienating their loyal readers with such a move...

Etymology - the study of words and their origins Entomology - the study of insects

Today's fun word that looks like an error but isn't is: Wont! A wont is a habitual way of doing things. He went to school in the mo...

If you really don't care at all about something, then you couldn't care less. If you say, "I could care less," then you a...