When Less Is Not More

When I finished the first draft of A Bit of Sun, my first novel, it comprised 234,000 words. “Oh, Ann,” you are thinking, “haven’t you […]

It’s / Its

Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: IT’S / ITS It’s […]

Paranormal Romance Maybe This Time

Maybe This Time, by Jennifer Crusie:   When her ex-husband, North Archer, asks Andie to take care of his cousin’s orphaned children in a haunted house […]

Irregardless / Regardless

Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: IRREGARDLESS / REGARDLESS The […]

Psychological Thriller The Empty Chair

Murder plus the abduction of archeology student Mary Beth McConnell in a North Carolina swamp lure quadriplegic New York criminalist Lincoln Rhyme away from his […]

Imply / Infer

  Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: IMPLY / INFER […]

Short Stories Summer Lies

Summer Lies, by Bernhard Schlink:   A flautist returns to New York after a summer on the Cape where he promises his new love he will […]

Important / Importantly

Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: IMPORTANT / IMPORTANTLY The […]

Romance Novel Summer by the Sea

  Summer by the Sea, by Susan Wiggs: Rosa Capoletti has everything she needs – her own restaurant, close friends, and her father, now deaf, […]