Don’t Just Tell It Like It Is
When you are writing a memoir, blog, or other autobiographical material, treat it like a work of fiction inasmuch as the prose matters. Don’t equate […]
Month: August 2024
Assure / Ensure / Insure
Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: ASSURE / ENSURE / […]
Literary Novel One Mississippi
One Mississippi, by Mark Childress Kisses linger and bullets fly as sixteen-year-old Danny Musgrove comes of age in the early 1970s in literary novel […]
Assume / Presume
Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: ASSUME / PRESUME These […]
Historical Women’s Fiction The Outlander
The Outlander, by Gil Adamson Nineteen-year-old Mary Boulton runs for her life through the 1903 wilderness of North America’s West, tracked by the brothers of […]
Appraise / Apprise / Apprize
Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: APPRAISE / APPRISE / […]
Literary Novel The Secret Life of Bees
The Secret Life of Bees, by Sue Monk Kidd I, Lily Owens, accidentally killed my mother when I was four. Now I’m fourteen, it’s 1964, and […]
Anxious / Eager
Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: ANXIOUS / EAGER Many […]
Cozy Mystery The English Breakfast Murder
The English Breakfast Murder, by Laura Childs Volunteer turtle watching takes a horrific turn for Charleston tea shop owner Theodosia Browning when she discovers the […]