Wyso And The Other Creepy Kids on Gerard Street
Man's Best
Sparkers
Better Dig 2
Today’s post is the beginning of a new series for my Wednesday’s Writer Spider Street Fighter blog. I wanted to call it Confessions, but decided that might be misleading and that my blog might end up on numerous porn sites. But hey, if it sells books… Right? Then I thought that perhaps individuals who frequent […]
The Em Dash. Writers Love ’em. Editors Hate ’em. How To Use ’em.
Difference Between the En dash and the Em Dash The Em Dash is longer than the En Dash. That’s it. That’s all there is to it, EXCEPT when, where, and how to use them. The principal use of the En Dash is to connect numbers and, less often, words. Example: Her happiest days, 1980–1985, were when […]
Ellipses…Guidelines for Their Safe Use In Fiction
You might be thinking, ELLIPSES enough, already! But there is so much confusion surrounding the lovely little pain in the butt that it warrants further investigation. And mind you, the confusion is not just on the part of the writer, but the editors as well. I am a profound lover of the use of ellipses in […]
THE Editing Checklist For Self-Publishing A Science Fiction eBook. Or Any Book. All You Ever Wanted To Know—But Didn’t Know—You Didn’t Know.
Lately, I have sampled a few, different editors and have found they are not created equal, and finding one that doesn’t rip your creative endeavors to shreds is the proverbial needle-in-a-haystack. Not that the ripping isn’t warranted, and I learn much from each ripping. But a little positive feedback would have been nice from the […]
WOOL Author, Hugh Howey, Talks About Life As A Writer And Self-Publishing.
You might think I’m living the best days of my life right now, but that isn’t the case at all. —Hugh Howey Four Points 1. I began reading the science fiction underground hit, Wool, last night. 2. Wool author Hugh Howey is a self-publishing success story. 3. A person in my Writer’s group asked: “Are there […]