Your Editing Checklist
So, here we are at the end of not only a year but an entire decade. If you have had the means and the fortitude […]
Month: December 2019
Chick Lit Fantasy Wicked Appetite
Wicked Appetite, by Janet Evanovich: My name is Lizzy Tucker, and I’m the cupcake maker at Dazzle’s bakery. So it shouldn’t surprise me when […]
Preventative / Preventive
Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: PREVENTATIVE / PREVENTIVE These […]
Romantic Comedy Christmas Letters
Christmas Letters, by Debbie Macomber: Katherine O’Connor cannot restrain herself from telling child psychologist Wynn Jeffries what she thinks of his book that is spoiling […]
Prescribe / Proscribe
Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: PRESCRIBE / PROSCRIBE These […]
British Romance Roses and Champagne
Roses and Champagne, by Betty Neels: Landed gentry Katrina Gibson and Lucius Massey have been best friends Katrina’s entire twenty-seven years. But when Lucius begins […]
Clamber / Clamor
Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: CLAMBER / CLAMOR I […]
Police Procedural The Drop
The Drop, by Michael Connelly: LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch refuses to neglect his cold case assignment as instructed when handed a “high jingo” likely […]
Penultimate / Ultimate
Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: PENULTIMATE / ULTIMATE These […]
Horror Novel 77 Shadow Street
77 Shadow Street, by Dean Koontz: Ravenous animal-plant hybrids controlled by nanomachines prowl a midwestern luxury condo building, devouring and transforming residents into similar miscreants […]