I consistently see posts on social media where one aspiring writer after another says, “I want to write a book, but I have no idea how to begin.” Well, you begin with an idea, and that idea should consist of the basic genre and theme of your story. However, when I ask these aspiring writers what their genre and/or theme is, they often have no idea what I’m asking.

Authorsplaining, as defined by me, is when an author overexplains something to a reader in a totally unnecessary, exaggerated or repetitive manner, as if the reader is too dimwitted to understand and follow the story. And it is as irritating to read as it is to hear in real life.

Nearly once a week (or at least it feels like that often), I hear someone say they are thinking about starting a blog. What I don’t hear is what they plan to blog about. If you’ve decided to take the time to create and maintain a blog, I would assume you have a purpose in mind. However, that assumption has proved to uphold that old saying, which I won’t repeat here. I say this because I’ve noted that a good number of blogs out there appear to have no more purpose than for th

Whether English is your native language or not, there are a number of commonly confused words that can cause us frustration when we’re not quite sure if we’re using the correct word in our sentence. So, I thought a few tips might be helpful.

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