Little, British, wonderful, copper, hi-tech goggles?
Why does "wonderful, little, hi-tech, British, copper goggles" sound better than "little, British, wonderful, copper, hi-tech goggles"?...
So you want to write a non-binary character?
What if--on your created world--there were more than two distinct genders? What third person pronouns would you use? Many people on our...
How do you comfort a Grammar Nazi?
You pat him or her on the back and say, "There, their, they're."
Let's Eat Grandma!
Good punctuation can save lives! Inviting Grandma to lunch, and eating Grandma for lunch, are very different activities. We all know...
Book Trivia
Who wrote The Giver, winner of the Newberry Medal, which was made into a movie in 2014? Did you know that The Giver is Book 1 of the...
Building Worlds
I've often thought that it's just as important to be accurate with settings in futuristic fiction as it is in historical fiction. Even...
Grammar Goddess?
Are collective nouns singular or plural? A collective noun is made up of more than one countable thing or person. Some examples of...