Loath / Loth / Loathe
Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse writers. I have found the following to be among them: LOATH / LOTH / […]
Month: April 2017
Mainstream Novel A Patchwork Planet
Mainstream Novel A Patchwork Planet, by Anne Tyler: It’s my 30th birthday, and following family tradition in mainstream novel A PATCHWORK PLANET, I’m looking […]
Enhance Your Story with Setting
When composing your story, don’t neglect the setting. Is it warm or cold? Spring or fall? Dawn or midnight? Does your story take place in […]
Revert / Revert Back
Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse writers. I have found the following to be among them: REVERT / REVERT BACK […]
Women’s Fiction The Ocean Between Us
Women’s Fiction The Ocean Between Us, by Susan Wiggs: At forty, loyal Navy wife and mother-of-three Grace Bennett confronts her spreading figure and neglected dreams […]
Nauseated / Nauseous
Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse writers. I have found the following to be among them: NAUSEATED / NAUSEOUS People […]
Police Procedural Thriller Heat Lightning
Police Procedural Thriller Heat Lightning, by John Sandford: When bodies keep turning up at Minnesota war memorials in HEAT LIGHTNING, a police procedural series thriller, […]
Fear Not Your Shadow
I have a new motto: Read endlessly… Write fearlessly… Edit ferociously. But don’t let that word ferociously scare you. Instead, charge fearlessly ahead as you […]
Flaunt / Flout
Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse writers. I have found the following to be among them: FLAUNT / FLOUT […]
Thriller Chill Factor
Thriller Chill Factor, by Sandra Brown: An unseasonable blizzard halts the search for a serial killer’s latest victim in mountainous Cleary, North Carolina, in […]