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Comment on Merry Christmas, Y’all! by Cheryl Norman

Cheryl Norman — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:09:50 +0000

Brooke,
Your chainbooks sound like a lot of fun and a great creative writing exercise. I’m not able to squeeze any additional writing into my schedule. But maybe other interested writers will see your comment and will contact you. Good luck!
Cheryl

Comment on Merry Christmas, Y’all! by Brooke Williams

Brooke Williams — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:55:50 +0000

Hi my name is Brooke Williams and I’m an author for chainbooks.com. I ran across your blog and wondered if you’d have any interest in helping me with a fiction project I’m working on.

Chainbooks.com is a relatively new website. The idea behind it is that the authors for the site write chapter 1 of a book. Someone else writes chapter 2. A third person chapter 3 and so on until the book is complete at 24 chapters. There’s no pay involved, but it’s a pretty fun process and the books, when completed, get published so every writer can say they are then a published author. I was part of the first book they published and really enjoyed it. Now I’m looking for writers to help me finish some of the books I started.

The four books I most want to further at this point are:

“Small Town America” which is about a woman on the run who ends up in a small town in Nebraska (currently in chapter 7)
“12-12-12” a conspiracy/terrorist type plot (currently in chapter 4)
“Born for This” about a professor who also happens to be a serial killer on the side (currently in chapter 3)
“Accept this Daisy” a romantic comedy about a bachelor type show (currently in chapter 3)

Would you have any interest in writing a chapter in any of these books? The only real rule is that they have to be 2500-3000 words in length. Let me know and if you’d like to participate, I’ll get you more details!

Comment on Excessive Adverbs by Bret Lottie

Bret Lottie — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:54:57 +0000

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Comment on Grammar for Kids (Guest Post) by Quiz Chick

Quiz Chick — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 22:31:59 +0000

Have you noticed how greatly the cost of books vary on the crosswords? I own many and it’s almost impossible to tell the difference in what makes some of the new styles worth so much more than the “so called” cheapos or knock offs. What’s your view on it?

Comment on Alright is not all right by Baloo

Baloo — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:33:26 +0000

Contemporary British people (apart from comedy Cockneys) do not actually pronounce ‘historical’ as ‘istorical’… There is probably some ancient reason for the ‘an’ rule, but it doesn’t reflect modern day speech. For instance, Brits would pronounce the H in other contexts, e.g. ‘very historical.’

I agree with Mar Rojo. There is a strong case for distinguishing ‘all right’ from ‘alright’. I saw someone recently use the example: ‘the figures are all right’ (meaning the figures are all correct) and ‘the figures are alright’ (meaning the figures are adequate). The different spellings in that context indicate two entirely different meanings.

Comment on Possessive pronouns by Mar Rojo

Mar Rojo — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:48:37 +0000

“Possessive pronouns do NOT need an apostrophe.”

That sounds like you are accusing certain writers on incompetence. As I’ve said, it’s more often a question of performance.

Comment on Possessive pronouns by Cheryl Norman

Cheryl Norman — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 15:41:47 +0000

One isn't a personal pronoun, Bob. As to it's vs its being a typo, you are right. I often make mistakes in draft mode, but the purpose of The Grammar Cop is to help writers know what to look for when editing and revising their work before submitting. I stand by my original post that promotional or product information material should be proofread before publication.

Comment on Possessive pronouns by Bob

Bob — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 21:05:32 +0000

And why don’t you mention that “one” is an exception to the rule you state — one’s car, one’s sister, etc.

Comment on Possessive pronouns by Bob

Bob — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:56:49 +0000

Cheryl, I make this mistake frequently. I make it frequently not because the concept behind it is difficult but because the two words are spelt the same way and touch-typists will have difficulty in such circumstances. If I proof-read carefully I’ll catch most of them, but sometimes not all. I even sometimes use the wrong form of “their”. Again it is not because I don’t know the difference; it’s a typo.