Today’s tip is all about the word: “that“. Take a look at this rather silly sentence: That that that, that one that we see here, can be removed is not in doubt. This sentence is actually grammatically correct. It’s also … Continue reading
Which or that? The problem arises when either of these two words is used as a relative pronoun (if you really want to know the name). {What’s a relative pronoun? Well, it’s a word that introduces a clause and refers to an … Continue reading
Is it: He’s coming too or He’s coming, too I don’t want one either or I don’t want one, either The answer on this one is actually quite simple. You can please yourself. There are no set rules, at least none that are applied regularly … Continue reading
I wish there was a formula. Do this, so that, and there you are. But alas, there are as many different ways of writing as there are authors, and each author may not stick to the same method for each … Continue reading
I think, if anything, the only thing posts of mine on this subject are going to say of value is this: everyone has to select the way that best suits their own creative mind. I obviously seem to hate to … Continue reading
So there I am, on the bus, discovering the route as I journey. Sometimes it all goes far too slowly to please me; at other times I race along at over 3,000 words a day. [I think the most I’ve … Continue reading
So there I am, with a finished version of the story that makes me reasonably happy. Remember, parts of this book have already been rewritten several times. So, what’s next? Next comes the meticulous sentence by sentence rewrite. The first bit is … Continue reading
I had my first two novels published without even being aware that there were such people as beta readers. Oh, one or two family members had read the books, or versions of them – but my family members are far … Continue reading
Every publisher has their own way of doing things, so don’t take this as necessarily the norm. This is just the way it’s done at my main publisher, with my particular editor and copy editor. When I have decided (hopefully … Continue reading
Patty had a second question: Is there ever a chance you’ll like your second and third books better than the first? It seems to me there is such exhilaration at finishing the first, it has to stay your favourite for a … Continue reading
