If I were to have a nightmare, I’m pretty sure that it would be about commas. There are so many rules about how to use this little punctuation mark correctly that it can drive a person insane. Some of these rules are easy to remember though. What is a comma splice? Splice means to join…
Do you prefer to write mysteries or romances, thrillers or fantasies, science fiction or historical fiction? Whatever genre you prefer to write in, I’m sure you can find a way to include one of the bizarre holidays that occur in March in your story. It will add a bit of something different to your story.…
Seumas MacManus retells fifteen marvelous Irish folk tales that are full of adventure. The similarities between many of these folk tales and a lot of the fairy tales I was already familiar with astounded me. These tales have not been watered down any, so some of them are violent and bloody. A lot of these tales…
Are you going to rescue a mistreated horse on National Horse Protection Day? How much peanut butter will you eat on National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day? On Witch Hysteria Day, will you research what really happened during the Salem witch trials? How many books will you read on World Book Day? March is full of…
Are flowers kept in an earn or an urn? Is effect a noun or a verb? Is an offensive word an affront or an effrontery? Are there eight or ate cats that live in my house? If you were going in for surgery, would you be knocked out with ether or either? earn, urn One…
In Facing Demons, a woman on the brink of suicide shares how she pulled herself out of the depths of despair to live a fulfilling life. I began reading this book while I was sitting in a courtroom waiting to find out whether or not I would be selected for jury duty. Parts of it…
Would a person with asymmetriphobia be upset if he couldn’t find two matching socks to wear? What a puppet show cause a person with pupaphobia to have nightmares? A phobia is an extreme dread or fear of something. When a person encounters the object of his or her fear, he could experience anxiety, shortness of…
Religious hatred is real, and non-believers aren’t always the guilty ones. In Northern Ireland, there is a killer on the loose, and the mind of this killer has more than a few screws loose.
Donald Duck and Daffy Duck are probably the two most famous ducks around. These cartoon character ducks are annoying in a comical way, but what are their real-life brothers and sisters like? Unless you live in Antarctica, there should be some ducks living close to you. It would be so relaxing watching a bunch of…
I’m always on the lookout for great new books to read, so I was super excited when I bought a copy of Harbor from eBay. I had so many other books I had to read first that it sat on my shelf for about a month before I had the chance to start on it.…
