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February 28, 2017

How to Correctly Punctuate Dialogue for Novels

Originally posted on Writers After Dark: ? Writing dialogue is messy. Am I right? It has so many rules, it makes me wish I’d gone with my original plan in life. I’d intended to become an all-in-one supermodel-psychologist/part-time medical researcher. What? I thought I wanted to save people, discover things, and change the world wearing… Continue reading

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February 16, 2017

RULES FOR COMMA USAGE — Building a Better Story

Bookmarking this. Commas are my weakness! I put them boys everywhere. In need of proper comma usage in my life 😦 lol Continue reading

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February 16, 2017

9 Best Grammar Tools For Writers

Originally posted on Nicholas C. Rossis: You may remember Mary Walton’s recent guest post, 10 Proofreading Tools For Writers. This is another fine list of author resources compiled by her. Oh, and here is one of my favorite comics of all time: 9 Best Grammar Tools For Writers The most interesting, fascinating book can fall… Continue reading

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June 16, 2016

20 Ways to Avoid the Word “Very”

Found this on Pinterest! Very cool….I mean, umm…impressive! Lol. Continue reading

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March 13, 2016

Interpreting Me – Sunday Thought

My name is posted all over this blog (and on other people’s blogs). My name is also all over my social media sites and one of the first things you see on my author site. Google Yecheilyah and my name is all over there too. When I say my name is Yecheilyah (e-see-lee-yah) Ysrayl, I… Continue reading

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January 27, 2016

Wise Ink: ERROR: Kindle’s Latest Warning Message

Wow, check out this post from Wise Ink about Amazon’s coming Error Message. This is exactly why I prefer to always have a paperback copy of my books available. Electronics are not dependable and in the case that a great book is flagged because of minor errors or formatting issues, leaves the reader to do… Continue reading

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July 9, 2015

Lay vs. Lie (vs. Laid) and Lain

I know I am not the only one to have been confused between these words. I love writing, but grammar has not always gotten me very excited. It’s like running for fun (writing) but not wanting to exercise (Grammar). While I’ve always excelled in English, this is one confusing language! It’s the only one where… Continue reading

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