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Grammar Gripes 3- Ermahgerd! Passive Voice is teh Evil!
Passive voice is bad, m’kay? Writers see various forms of that sentence everywhere they look. Passive voice is non-dynamic, boring, and wordy. No one should use it, ever. Even my Word program is now tweaked so that it will tell … Continue reading
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The things a narrator doesn’t need to say
The things a narrator doesn't need to say. A very good bit of writing advice from the lovely Victoria Grefer.
Encouraging Critique- Don’t be a Precious Princess
The wonderful thing about the internet is that anyone can write something and have it posted for all the world to see. This is also the horrible thing about the internet. People do. People write any old thing. And then … Continue reading
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Tagged das krakenhaus publishing, reading, The Bearkeeper, writing, writing advice
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Would you read this book?
I have a favor to ask. I’ve been working on the description for Ghost in the Park that goes into the query letters I have been sending to agents. Thanks to the good people over at Absolute Write’s Water Cooler, … Continue reading
Is it actually helpful to “fix” someone’s bad query letter?
Is it actually helpful to “fix” someone’s bad query letter? I was at my favorite writing forum, Absolute Write’s Water Cooler, looking at some query letters that had been posted in a section where author’s are looking for critique. There … Continue reading
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The Hook- Avoiding Clichés
In my last post, I talked about ways you can write a book so that it has the best chance of being published. About what makes a book sellable to an agent. Today, we talk about the hook. The hook, … Continue reading
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Before you write the book-
I’ve written a three part series about cover letters in this blog, and it struck me today that what many might find useful is some advice about writing a book that you want to get published. About what you should … Continue reading
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Capitalization
Capital Letters. The bane of my existence. Certainly, the basic rules of when to capitalize a word are simple enough. The first word in a sentence. Proper nouns, such as people’s names, cities, states, and countries. The names of a … Continue reading
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Grammar Gripes – Prepositions at the end of a sentence
Let me start by stating that I am not a grammar queen. I do all right, but I’m certain that there’s the odd mistake in my writing, probably in this very post. Even so, there are some grammar myths that, … Continue reading
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