by Cyndi | Sep 28, 2013 | books, novels, writers, writing
“I got a rejection the other day,” Corey LaBissoniere tells me, and the three of us – Corey, his mom Tammy and I – snicker. We are sitting in the Portage Lake District Library community room on the Houghton, Michigan waterfront basking in a substantial audience...
by Cyndi | Aug 13, 2013 | Writing, editing, reading
All hands on deck for an important announcement: You may now use underway as one word in all instances. The Associated Press tweaked its style guide earlier this year, scuttling one of my most-remembered (reviled?) editorial admonitions in the Dreary Whining Gazette...
by Cyndi | Aug 1, 2013 | books, novels, writers, writing
I drive past this sign every day. The “thru” is irritating but the larger problem with the current promotional slogan is a commonly confused term — an everyday error — that the discerning writer avoids. Every day is an adverb. Everyday is an adjective....
by Cyndi | Jul 1, 2013 | novels, writers
by Cyndi | Jun 29, 2013 | books, novels, writers, writing
Woo-hoo! This hard-working writer just won a brand-new iPad! The contest was a promotional incentive from Demand Media Studios http://create.demandstudios.com/ to encourage its writers to sign up for the Google+ Authorship program. The Authorship program directs...
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