It happens to me in almost everything I write. I go back to edit and discover questions with no question mark. Yet at the time, I am convinced I typed them. Life is better since the advent of Grammarly and similar tool...
It is time for a change of environment. My laptop will be open in the local pub today, where my tab will not be for alcolhol, but for coffee. It is an expensive choice, but a nice place to be, given this is an old coachi...
I tend to write my books using H1, H2 and sometimes, if I have to, H3. I do this for what you might call the core draft. My reasoning is that it is then easier to format the eBook as these are the only headings you sho...
I have several books that have grown long. it is time to make a decision. Can I cut these up into more than one book, or should I keep the chapters together. My impression is people do not want long eBooks and I can see ...
Years ago I wrote a great Christmas poem. Every year I try to write another and cannot equal it. However, I am sure everyone is bored getting the same poem in their Christmas card year after year. It is time to create so...
It seems clear from the grammar posts I have made that there are two schools of thought. Some of us care whether we follow conventions and grammar rules and are eager to improve the craft. Others believe that they should...
Words ending in "ing" can be overused in a book or article. However, it is not as simple as deleting every "ing" word, I found this helpful blog to explain. It gives some good advice. theeditorsblog.net/2015/04/08/w...
Here is a link to 43 words you should avoid. Most of us will have a few that creep in like a bad habit. How many knew they should be avoided or try to remove them from the finished work? https://dianaurban.com/words-y...
When you pick a book up in a store and look at the back, what do you like to find? Similarly, when you read a "blurb" about an eBook, what makes you think about getting the book?
Does anyone else have this problem? In school are taught all the joining up sentence words. As writers, we should us as few as possible. They slow sentences down. I use a Google Doc add on (Hazel's Glue Word Finder) ...
Youtube is littered with people making money with their pets. I enjoy these sort of videos a lot as I have a cat with personality. However, she writes, mostly on a Facebook page. However in the past, she has made me mone...
I began in LibreOffice but then discovered that Google Docs was great for collaboration. On the way, my co-writer and I got addicted to the "Glue Word" finder as we discovered we both write "sticky" and they say that goo...
