You are walking along the beach one beautiful morning when you notice something floating near the shoreline. You walk up to it and see that it is a bottle. Inside the bottle is a note. You break open the bottle and read the note. What does it say?
“A Venn diagram of zookeeper, therapist, travel agent and friend. Publicists have the incredible privilege of being with an author through the most intense part of the publishing process — having this deeply private, solo project launched into the public spotlight — and it’s a very emotional and intimate relationship. On a practical level this means, e.g., I’ve […]
Semicolons have two major functions in English grammar. The first function is to separate two independent clauses as in “I thought I would be able to maneuver around the deer blocking the road; I was sadly mistaken.” The second function of the semicolon is to separate items in a list that are already set apart […]
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One morning you awake to find yourself in a straightjacket and being taken off to an asylum. What do the guards and psychiatrists say you did? How do you prove your sanity?
A pronoun allows the writer to make a reference to something without using the name each time. Pronouns replace one or more nouns in a sentence. For example, instead of using the nouns Amy, the bookcase, apples, or my friends and I, you could use the pronouns she, it, they, and we. Using one word too many times can make a sentence or […]
As an event sponsor, April Michelle Davis and Editorial Inspirations were the featured editor and editorial services provider at the Hanover Book Expo 2025! April Michelle was available to consult with authors on their working manuscripts in all stages of development, including follow-up meetings with authors she had advised last year. April Michelle also participated […]
Most people know how to use semicolons properly, but change the comma to a period to make a colon and then the people are confused. Once you know the rules, colons become a vital part of sentences. Use the colon after a complete sentence to introduce a list of items when there are no introductory […]
For those of you who struggle with capitalization when writing titles or headlines, have no fear. There are several style guide rules you can refer to. It’s really up to you, or maybe your client or publisher, which guide you should follow. Chicago Manual of Style: Capitalize the first word of the title, the last […]
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