What comes out when you are writing is like a sign on a trail after you have already left the trailhead. You likely start out examining a map on an adventure, whether it be a GPS, or just a paper map. But eventually, you come to a sign or mile…
When a new year starts, like it is for me today on this day after my birthday, as well as on New Year’s Day, I always take at least an hour or so and dream about what I want my next year or season to look like. It’s…
I find that many authors who I work with end up putting off and rushing what I call “the supplemental parts” of a book at the end of the editing process. But those are also important parts—the back cover copy, the introduction, the preface, the contents page, the title…
OK, the honest truth is that I would not be writing tonight if it weren’t for this blog challenge. I am under the weather—not visiting with friends in from out of town eating at one of my favorite restaurants down the street and not attending my life group…
Yesterday I missed a head on collision by a couple of seconds. A car was driving in the wrong lane down a two-lane road. I was coming around a corner—not speeding—but still going 55 miles per hour. The car veered off to a road that was about…
Add commas after subordinate clauses when they start the sentence. Use a comma after a clause beginning with when, after, because, since, etc. The comma is not used when the subordinate clause follows the independent one. Remove the serial comma. This style seems more common in an article, blog, Website…