Publishing: Young Adult Category and Demographics vs. Genres
This little mini-rant is brought to you by my reading an article over at InD’Tale. In fairness, I hear people refer to the “YA genre”
This little mini-rant is brought to you by my reading an article over at InD’Tale. In fairness, I hear people refer to the “YA genre”
Using “paused” as an action beat seems a little like an oxymoron, but I digress. If you use an action beat or a dialog tag,
Daresay—is it one word or two? Here’s a crazy little thing that you might not know: it’s one word. Yes, that’s right. It’s one of
I had a question from a friend tonight about the had in past perfect tense. She was wondering if she should remove the hads as she “dislikes
Pronouns are wonderful tools—they keep our sentences from being repetitive and are super versatile. In a way, they’re like a shortcut on a computer. You
Verb tenses can be tricky when you’re trying to sequence action in your manuscript. Depending on how you phrase a sentence, the actions can be