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The Picky Pen
Five Ways to Edit Dialogue

When thinking about the dialogue in our story, whether fiction or nonfiction, we must consider perspective. With each story,…
November 22, 2018
Grammar and Grace
How to Write Big Money

I was recently polishing my latest manuscript. One of the subplots involves a grant payout with large sums of…
October 18, 2018
The Picky Pen
Editing Like a Director

Hello! How’s your editing been going for you? I hope you’re seeing great improvement, but if you’re at a…
September 22, 2018
The Picky Pen
How to Think Like an Editor Part 2

Writing is a funny art because agents and editors (freelance and publishing house) tell us to write, write, write…
August 22, 2018
Grammar and Grace
Empathy versus Sympathy

The words empathy and sympathy often cause confusion. I know first hand. I used empathy in another blog post…
July 18, 2018
Copywrite/Advertising
The Top 12 Principles of Copywriting According to the Voices on LinkedIn

Are you on LinkedIn? If so, let’s connect. If not, please join us. LinkedIn is your online watering hole…
June 27, 2018
The Picky Pen
Editing Dialogue

Many writers are introverts and don’t prefer to talk a lot. Some writers are extroverts and love to talk.…
June 22, 2018
Grammar and Grace
Compound Words (Part 3)

This post includes the remainder of compound words from U through Z. The list is intended to help during…
June 18, 2018
The Picky Pen
Editing Is Psychological

Yes. That’s right. Psychological. I promise not to go too deep. Please keep reading. In editing our own manuscripts,…
May 22, 2018
Grammar and Grace
Compound Words? (Part 2)

Last time, I offered a list of compound words from A to H. This post continues with the remainder…
May 18, 2018
The Picky Pen
Editing the Plot

Okay. Most of you (myself included) admit it’s challenging and exciting to plan the next book. It must be…
April 22, 2018
The Picky Pen
Editing the Beginning By Tisha Martin

With my cursor at Chapter 1 in my WWII historical fiction novel, I hit Ctrl+Enter and sighed. Beginning a book…
February 22, 2018
Grammar and Grace
Choose the Correct Pronoun by Hope Toler Dougherty

Please stop using pronouns wrong! Between you and I, I’m sick of people using the wrong pronoun. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong!…
February 19, 2018
Guest post archive
PENCON, Fifth Annual Editing Conference By: Tisha Martin

The best investment is a good investment, but what is a good investment? One that has lasting personal and…
January 25, 2018
Create. Motivate. Inspire.
Navigating the Writer-Editor Relationship

Ah, at last! The proposal and manuscript is complete, polished, and sent. A contract is offered and joyfully signed.…
December 24, 2017
Grammar and Grace
How to Address Christmas Cards the Right Way

Today, people love to communicate with texts and private Facebook messages and emails and tweets, but around Christmas people…
December 18, 2017
Grammar and Grace
Adverbs–How Do We Know?

Adverbs are words commonly used to describe or modify a verb, and adjective, or another adverb. To test…
August 19, 2017
Dear Young Scribes
What’s Wrong With Adjectives & Adverbs?

When I was in elementary school, I was taught to incorporate as many adjectives and adverbs into my stories…
August 9, 2017
Grammar and Grace
Adjectives are Cool!

This month at Grammar and Grace we’re studying adjectives. Adjectives are words that tell something about a noun or…
July 18, 2017
Write Justified
The Times They Are A-Changin’

As languages go, English is fairly young. It’s been about 1400 years since the Anglo-Saxons imported English into Great…
June 27, 2017
Uncategorized
PENCON From the Eyes of a New Editor-Cristel Phelps

PENCON is hosted by The Christian Pen https://thechristianpen.com/ It has taken a year, but the new release by your favorite…
May 31, 2017
Write Justified
Can You Hear It Now?

A number of grammatical faux pas can be attributed to faulty hearing. I’m not implying that any of you…
May 27, 2017
Grammar and Grace
What are Nouns?

This time we’ll discuss nouns. Nouns can be common or proper. A common noun is a person, place, or…
May 18, 2017
Write Justified
Is that a Question? Or Not?

This may seem hard to believe, but How often don’t you ask a rhetorical question. One that you…
April 27, 2017
Write Justified
Beware These Confusables

Because spellcheck, wonderful as it may be, doesn’t catch words used improperly … And because the English language…
March 27, 2017