If you want to sound like a knucklehead, the best thing to do is to mismatch your verbs and nouns. Here’s the rule from grammar police – plural nouns need plural verbs and singular nouns need singular verbs. There’s no option involved, and collective nouns are singular, not plural. I read junk every day – from authors or writers who claim to be experts – …(there’s more) Continue reading
Browsing Mediabistro’s industry newsletter, GalleyCat, I came upon some good news – there are still people hiring for job opportunities in the publishing world. The Bistro only talked about a few jobs, but it’s a start. I’ll pass these on, with thanks to Mediabistro. It’s so frustrating to cruise the ‘Net for writing related jobs only to find the same bogus Criagslist junk reposted on …(there’s more) Continue reading
Jerry Seinfeld’s wife Jessica Seinfeld published her first book a year or so ago and was promptly accused of copyright infringement and plagiarism by another writer, Missy Chase Lapine. Case went to federal court. Court decided Jessica did nothing wrong. Jessica Seinfeld wrote a hip, timely cookbook showing moms how to incorporate healthy food into daily meals that kids could love. Evidently, so did Lapine. …(there’s more) Continue reading
Writing romance novels for money seems like a dream, doesn’t it? Today’s guest writer, Marin Thomas tells you first-hand how to break in to the lucrative field of women’s fiction and romance writing. Breaking In By Marin Thomas, Harlequin American Romance Author A few years ago, I spoke to a group of aspiring writers. I’ll always remember the looks of disbelief on their faces when …(there’s more) Continue reading
