Get Your Grammar Fix(ed): Participles

Last week, I talked about verbs which masquerade as other parts of speech. For the sake of being thorough and keeping things together for our new readers, I’m bringing Perry Participle back for another round. If you read this last year, you’re free to decide whether the refresher will benefit you or no.  Cute, fuzzy […]

When Verbs Go Incognito: Participles, Gerunds, and Infinitives

‘Ello, loves. Today’s Get Your Grammar Fix(ed) features three infiltrators.  Sometimes, verbs be sneaky. They masquerade as other parts of speech, sneaking into adjectival and adverbial roles, relishing the danger and inherent risk of undercover work. They look like verbs, but they play other roles: Participles.Gerunds.Infinitives.I won’t take long.Participles are verb forms with either progressive -ing endings […]

Spec-Fic: Realm Makers

Have you been enjoying the Spelunking Speculative Fiction series? It’s one of our very favorite (cavernous) genres to edit. If you’ve missed the previous posts, you can click on the author’s name below and catch up. So far, we’ve heard from  Aaron Gansky (twice)  Carla Laureano Autumn Kalquist  Amanda G. Stevens Susan Kaye Quinn Serena Chase […]