Although my blog is taking a rest for the next couple of months, my copy-editing and proofreading service, Flubs2Fixes is on the job, ready to help you make your manuscript the best it can be. So if you need a copy editor over the summer, don’t hesitate because you don’t want to interrupt my summer …
As I indicated last month, the Owl really gets his grammar feathers in a twist when it comes to the use and misuse of the word Myself. In an attempt to smooth the Owl’s feathers, I’d like to mention a few of the ways Myself is abused in conversation, writing, and speech-making, and suggest alternatives.
As I said in last week’s post, creative people are learning that we have to be our own advocates. We are the ones who must get our message out into the world. That’s why I’m so eager to take Julie Hedlund’s webinar in April, Authors as Entrepreneurs. That’s also why I’m currently reading the brand-new, …
The owl who gives a hoot about grammar is back this month, as I talk about a couple of words that lay traps for the unwary, then lie in wait for the traps to be sprung. 😉 While some might say that the language is evolving, and we shouldn’t worry about the mix-ups in usage, …
It’s the third Monday of the month, and that means it’s time to look at a grammatical question sent in by one of my readers. Today’s question has us looking at quotation marks. My thanks to the reader who sent this in. Here’s the question: I know when there’s a quotation, the end punctuation goes …
A Word with Beth about Quotation Mark Quandaries Read More »
Welcome to the first post of my new monthly Question and Answer series on grammar and word usage, “A Word With Beth.” In this series, I will do my best to answer questions sent to me by you, my readers, on the grammar and word use questions that have been perplexing you. To send a …
I’m very happy to be posting this today! You may or may not know that I had a slight delay in getting my Flubs 2 Fixes Copy Editing and Proofreading service off the ground. That delay is over, and I am now able to offer my services as noted in the Services for Writers — …
I am pleased to announce that as of today, Tuesday, October 1, 2013, I am launching my freelance copy-editing and proofreading service for writers! Yes, this is the news I hinted at yesterday. As I say in my introduction page (in the drop-down menu above), have you ever hit send on a document, or put …