Comma = subject + verb on either side (or something like that)

I have, a problem, with commas. It’s one of those things I’ve never quite grasped, not 100% anyway, no matter how many edits I run through with the oh-so-patient and forgiving editors of LT3 and no matter how many times Read more

The Author’s People – Fourth and Final in the Series

The Author’s People – Part Four/Final Post There is one person (or in some cases one set of people) in an author’s life that has the ability to make, or break, everything that an author requires to do their job. Read more

The Author’s People – Part 3

The Author’s People – Part 3 So it seems that we’re getting ready to say goodbye to the year of the wood sheep (the ram? the goat? can anyone actually tell me which one it is?) and say hello to Read more

Happy Holidays! (It’s that time already?!)

Well, it happened. The holidays caught up with me and reminded me that I’m a nasty procrastinator. Or it could have possibly been a gentle reminder that I have too much on my plate right now. Perspective, right? Anyway, while Read more

The Author’s People – Part 2

Hello, my friends, and welcome back to my ten minutes of podium time. I’ve been re-reading the Dark Tower Series, and so I almost wrote welcome back to our palaver there. But while that word doesn’t belong exclusively to King, Read more

The Author’s People – Part One

What would we ever do without people? The barista, the bartender, the clerks, and the cooks who toil endlessly so that we don’t have to do whatever it is they’re doing for us. Those of you who work in retail Read more