I Can Haz Grammar – Misused Words
I admit it. I am a word use cop. It drives me nuts when people use the wrong word. The DH used to say “wroth iron” instead of “wrought iron”. It drove me crazy until I finally said something. Now he says it just to annoy me. 
But, there are words that real words that are often interchanged incorrectly. I have a list acquired from some editing guidelines I was given, but there are plenty of these out there. One of the combos I am really bad about? Loose/Lose. I ALWAYS write loose when I mean lose. Here are some others I often see or are commonly found:
accept/except
affect/effect
board/bored
to/two/too
then/than
your/you’re
Honestly, it is so easy to type one of these and not the other, or heaven forbid auto correct is on. We’ve all seen the hilarity that is Damn You Auto Correct. Personally, I have to check some of these out to be sure I am using them correctly sometimes, particularly with affect/effect. For that I go to my absolute favorite grammar site, Grammar Girl: Quick and Dirty Tips. Another good one is Grammar Divas. So, what words do you misuse? Any fantabulous grammar sites you want to share?
Excerpt Monday – More Superheroes
Once a month, a bunch of authors get together and post excerpts from published books, contracted work or works in progress, and link to each other. You don’t have to be published to participate just an writer with an excerpt you’d like to share. For more info on how to participate, head over to the Excerpt Monday site! or click on the banner above.
Below is another scene from my Superheroes story that got cut. Karen is on the run and still doesn’t understand how to control her powers yet.
Celebrate!
Awesome news! My clot is almost completely gone! I am off the coumadin and back in the workout saddle. As of now, I am on my way to have dinner and celebrate with the DH. Hope everyone is having an awesome Friday! (Not going to Vegas, but feel like I hit it big!)
Bid on Me! I’m Worth It!
Quick! I am giving away a 3 Chapter crit or Full Beta read on Bria Quinlan’s Golden Heart Auction! Go bid and help a deserving writer and Golden Heart Finalist get to RWA nationals!
http://bghauction.wordpress.com/2011/05/04/dara-young/
Superheroes Update…
My Inspiration for Karen/Aquas
If you follow me on Twitter then you may know that I have finished the first draft of the Superheroes book, Karen/Aquas and Dalton’s/Inferno’s story. Woo hoo! I am so excited by this. That means that now I can edit and polish before I look to shop it around. I know it needs some work still, it ain’t done by a long shot, but it feels so good to write the words: THE END.
Since then I have been busy prepping for the second book. Largely that’s how I know book one needs some work. I have holes I need to fill and links between the two books I need to make. No real cliff hangers, but sometimes my imagination puts the cart before the horse. Now I have to go realign things. Book two will be Cindy and Ben’s story. Of course that doesn’t mean much to most of you just yet. I hope to change that eventually.
That’s what I’ve been up to, but what have you all been doing since I have been MIA here on the blog? Anything exciting? Good news to share?
