Loath / Loth / Loathe

Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse writers. I have found the following to be among them: LOATH / LOTH / […]

Mainstream Novel A Patchwork Planet

Mainstream Novel A Patchwork Planet, by Anne Tyler:   It’s my 30th birthday, and following family tradition in mainstream novel A PATCHWORK PLANET, I’m looking […]

Enhance Your Story with Setting

When composing your story, don’t neglect the setting. Is it warm or cold? Spring or fall? Dawn or midnight? Does your story take place in […]

Revert / Revert Back

Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse writers. I have found the following to be among them: REVERT / REVERT BACK […]

Women’s Fiction The Ocean Between Us

Women’s Fiction The Ocean Between Us, by Susan Wiggs:  At forty, loyal Navy wife and mother-of-three Grace Bennett confronts her spreading figure and neglected dreams […]

Nauseated / Nauseous

Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse writers. I have found the following to be among them: NAUSEATED / NAUSEOUS People […]

Police Procedural Thriller Heat Lightning

Police Procedural Thriller Heat Lightning, by John Sandford:  When bodies keep turning up at Minnesota war memorials in HEAT LIGHTNING, a police procedural series thriller, […]

Fear Not Your Shadow

I have a new motto: Read endlessly… Write fearlessly… Edit ferociously. But don’t let that word ferociously scare you. Instead, charge fearlessly ahead as you […]

Flaunt / Flout

  Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse writers. I have found the following to be among them: FLAUNT / FLOUT […]

Thriller Chill Factor

Thriller Chill Factor, by Sandra Brown:   An unseasonable blizzard halts the search for a serial killer’s latest victim in mountainous Cleary, North Carolina, in […]