Sometimes Spellcheck is Not Your Friend

Everybody knows by now to spellcheck their manuscript before they send it out into the wide wide world. What they don’t always know is that for a certain category of problems, spellcheck is not enough. Continue reading “Sometimes Spellcheck is Not Your Friend”

A Stylish Chapeau

This morning I wore my editor hat. Which is to say, I did a line-edit and a letter of critique for the first chapter of somebody’s novel. Continue reading “A Stylish Chapeau”

Secret Weapons of the Prose Ninjas #1

When I was but a wee sprat of a college undergrad, back in the day of stone knives and bearskins, I discovered a secret weapon. Continue reading “Secret Weapons of the Prose Ninjas #1”