Ever wonder how we keep all these characters and voices separate in our author heads? Sure one, two, hell even three isn’t so bad, but what about when you start having novels with three- or four-hundred individual characters in them? As the author of the multiple point-of-view apocalypse thriller series, The End Time Saga, I…
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Confusing Words, Fiction Writing, Words
Confusing Words from Consonance to Correspondent
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• •Do those in kindergarten learn their consonance or consonants? Is the flu contagious or contiguous? Would rebels stage a coo or a coup? Does an apple have a core or a corps? consonance, consonants Consonance is agreement. It is also harmony of sounds. She longed for consonance and peace in her life. Consonants are the letters that are not…
Editing, Grammar & Punctuation
Single Quotation Marks vs. Regular Quotation Marks vs. Italics
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• •Does it really matter if you use single quotation marks or regular quotation marks? Yes, it does. It all depends on what they are being used for. It turns out that the majority of the time, regular quotation marks are called for. Regular Quotation MarksRegular quotation marks are used to indicate a direct quotation or…