Editing tip: What’s in a name?
Source If you’ve gone to the trouble of giving a character a name, please use it. Forget describing the woman in the red dress or looking…
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Are these books fanfic?
Source Fanfic has got a bad rep since making it into public consciousness, but what where would you place these three books? Daniel Levine…
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Polare Maastricht Interview
Maastricht is a city in the south of the Netherlands, and one of the oldest cities in the country. As such, you’ll be walking…
Read MoreOxford Comma: The Great Debate?
There is no debate quite like a grammar debate, especially this one. Check out this TED-Ed video, covering both sides of this grand debate!…
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Editing tips: Running, running run-on sentences
One paragraph should not consist of one long run-on sentence over 6 lines. It’s confusing and long-winded and your readers and your editor are…
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Spritz: reading made even easier?
Source Spritz is a new app that is supposed to make reading on small screens easier — I’m all for that, but I can’t…
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Editing tip: tell a story, not an information dump
Source Above all else, remember: you’re telling a story when you’re writing. You’d be surprised how many times that get forgotten when someone is…
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Joe by HD Gordon: Book review
Book blurb: From the author of the Alexa Montgomery Saga, comes a book that will take you into the mind of a genuine psychopath, the…
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Abbey’s and Galaxy Bookstores Interview
Books have always been my constant — no matter where I’ve lived, I’ve always looked for bookstores. There’s comfort in seeing familiar titles, and…
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Nate Wang: Interview with #Getodo #Developer
So after messing about with Getodo for a bit, I thought I’d try getting a behind the scenes view into what went into this…
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