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Ed’s Casual Friday: After a colon…a hot mess.

And now for something completely different… I’m going to say a few words about grammar, and editors. And colons.

First-things-first for all you authors out there: You need an editor. I don’t even mean at the story/plot/character level, though a good editor is invaluable there, too. For my purposes here I just mean strictly as a proofreader. You may not think you do, but you do, and not because you can-t rite gud English. Continue reading “Ed’s Casual Friday: After a colon…a hot mess.”

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Author M. Edward McNallyPosted on May 18, 2012May 17, 2012Categories Staff ArticlesTags author advice, capitalization, colons, Editing, grammar, Punctuation, self-publishing, Writing23 Comments on Ed’s Casual Friday: After a colon…a hot mess.
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