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Jan.04.2013 Overused Words If you haven’t seen this already, Lake Superior State University in Michigan has released its “Words to be Banished from the Queen’s English for Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness” for the 38th year in a row. This year’s hit list: Fis...	Mar.09.2011 What WAS That? Read an e-book week continues. You can find mine at Smashwords, The Kindle Store, (click on the Kindle books link) and All Romance eBooks As I worked my way through my manuscript, culling crutch words and looking for weak (I refuse to say passive) writing, I couldn't help but consider books I've...
Mar.02.2011 Back to the Edits When I closed on Monday, I pointed out that jumping from crutch word to crutch word doesn't mean you can simply hit delete. You have to check back and forth at least a few paragraphs. For example, in my seek and destroy for 'just' (which bugs me when I find there are 208 of them, because I...	Feb.21.2011 Over and Over and Overused Words First – I've learned that my next Five Star release, WHERE DANGER HIDES, the second in my Blackthorne, Inc. series, is available for pre-order at Amazon. If you haven't already read the first in the series, WHEN DANGER CALLS, you can get it at the discounted price of $1.50 at Smashwords by using...
Sep.09.2010 Those Pesky Overused Words We all have crutch words--those words that seem to crop up in a manuscript, edging out other, more useful or appropriate words. Some of them seem to be the equivalent of the spoken "um" merely vamping until thoughts coagulate. I have a list, but even after I cull my known offenders,...