by Tom Corson-Knowles
Why is “canceled” sometimes spelled with two l’s? The simple answer is that “canceled” with a single ‘l’ is the American spelling, and “cancelled” with two l’s is the British spelling. Various...
by Tom Corson-Knowles
Lay and lie are often confused, but they do have different meanings and uses. Lay means to put or set something down, while lie means to assume rest in a horizontal position. Writers, even experienced ones, commonly conflate these two verbs. This post will help you...
by Tom Corson-Knowles |
Literary fiction is a term used to describe books with “literary merit” that are not categorized as genre fiction (such as thriller, romance, fantasy, etc.). Most of the prestigious awards given for fiction every year go to literary fiction books. Literary...
by Melissa Drumm |
An appendix is a section in the back of a nonfiction book where you can give supplementary or additional information not provided in the main text. The information in an appendix is not essential to understanding the rest of the book, but rather gives interested...
by Tom Corson-Knowles
Who or whom? These pesky pronouns have bedeviled writers for centuries. How do you know which one to use? Luckily, there are a few simple rules (and a nifty trick) that make it easier to figure out. Who is a Subject, Whom is an Object Since who and whom are pronouns,...
by Tom Corson-Knowles
Looking for writing inspiration? As a wise man once said, “I saw a TED Talk on that once.” Since 1990, the media organization known simply as TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) has hosted an annual conference with presentations devoted to “Ideas worth spreading.”...
