‘Ello, loves! We’re the next stop on the Writing Process Blog Tour! Thanks for swinging by! If you’ve clicked a link on Karin Beery’s website and found A Little Red Ink, then you know all about the tour already. If not, I’m joining other writers and editors to chat about my writing process. So often, […]
Decisions, Decisions: The Prequel
So, obviously, the first decision you have to make when you’re writing a novel is . . . what to write. Where do your ideas come from? Did your novel come to you in a dream? Strike as you were people watching? Do you have more ideas than you’ll ever have time to write? Notebooks […]
Get Your Grammar Fix(ed): Let’s Chat Awhile
“Awhile” does not equal “a while,” but the trick to remembering the difference is one a lot of people never quite grasp. The key is to see “a while” as two very separate words–an article and a noun referring to a quantity of time–similar to “a second,” “an era,” or “a moment.” “Awhile” as one […]
Quick Editing Tip: Confusing Words
Words can be confusing. As writers, we never want that. It’s not a good thing when your readers make this face: Wha? Say whatcha need to say. And DON’T let the spell check be your guide. It’s not keen enough to discern subtle differences like these. into vs. in to onto vs. on to apart […]
Oh the conflict!
Helllloooooo, dear readers! We’re back. Well, I (Erynn) am. Hope you had a lovely Christmas and a happy New Year. Between the two of us, we traveled 1,500 miles, battled morning sickness, laryngitis, and double pneumonia, probably ate two dozen cookies (if by two you realize I mean six), and packed and unpacked an entire […]
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