by Zoe M. McCarthy | May 30, 2019 | Writing
image by johnhain Tailor Your Fiction Manuscript in 30 Days is now available. See details below. I decided to stop winging my use of hyphens and arm myself with some rules. A Hyphen-Usage Test Which four of these examples are incorrect? At the end of the test,...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Feb 18, 2016 | Writing
“Flip Dictionary takes you from a “meaning” you are aware of to the “word” you need.” —Barbara Ann Kipfer, Ph.D. In a scene, my character senses a reverent atmosphere, but I didn’t want to use atmosphere. I couldn’t summon the word I wanted. Microsoft Word’s...