Slight / Sleight

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

Novel-in-Stories Edible Stories

Edible Stories: A Novel in Sixteen Parts, by Mark Kurlansky:   An innocuous packet of exotic sea salt threads its way through an unlikely cast […]

Copyright / Copywrite

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

Medical Thriller Extreme Measures

Extreme Measures, by Michael Palmer:   Medical thriller EXTREME MEASURES pits the high-minded conscience of innovative Boston trauma doctor Eric Najarian against his own ambitions […]

Mantel / Mantle

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

Psychological Thriller Envy

Envy, by Sandra Brown:   Perhaps money is not the root of all evil: perhaps envy is. When an over-the-transom submission lures New York publisher […]

Single / Singular

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

Apocalyptic Fantasy Discord’s Apple

Discord’s Apple, by Carrie Vaughn:     Apocalyptic fantasy DISCORD’S APPLE melds myth with magic, ancient history with an all-too-likely near future, and a cursed […]

Farther / Further

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