• Deep-Fried Friday

    Why Grammar Matters in Your Book

    I’ve been called a Grammar Nazi, a grammar geek, a grammar freak, a grammar nut, the grammar police, and a stickler. What they say behind my back, I don’t know. I’m not that bad. I don’t critique tweets, personal emails,…

  • Deep-Fried Friday

    Reading Habits

    Suspense author and fabulous blogger Stacy Green tagged me in a “Get to Know You” game. That makes me think of The King and I, and now my brain is off on a tangent of hearing Deborah Kerr sing “Getting…

  • Deep-Fried Friday

    What Buffy the Vampire Slayer Taught Me

    Welcome to Deep-Fried Friday. Today, our deep-fried food is served with a blood cocktail, to honor the vampires and other paranormal creatures of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Some of my friends know that I’ve been watching through the entire Buffy…

  • Friday Fiction

    15 Famous Fiction Sidekicks

    One of my duties at church camp a couple of weeks ago was to assist the secretary with various administrative tasks.  We wear nametags all week for identification and security, so I added “M’s Sidekick” to the job description on…

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    Bonus Post: Flash Fiction

    Flash Fiction is a style of writing for extreme brevity.  I found a great Flash Fiction challenge posted by fellow author Haley Whitehall.  Here are the rules of the challenge, with a May 1 deadline: You must start your story…

  • Friday Fiction

    Friday Fiction: Firecracker Duds

    So what’s that one book that everyone raved about, that you spent $20 on the hardcover to purchase or twelve weeks on the library waiting list to receive, that you opened with excited anticipation… only to finish and wonder what…