by Liz Coursen | Jan 9, 2018 | Uncategorized
How many mistakes? I count three, which, in my opinion, is three too many for this published author. Attendance in our 12 week course gives you access to special pricing (up to 50% off) on noted live events. (Note: not all live events will hold the same discounts,...
by Liz Coursen | Jan 9, 2018 | Uncategorized
The path to publication is generally fraught with pitfalls and perils. Wow, did I find that out when I was trying to get an article in Speaker magazine. I had pitched an article about how to create compelling copy in the summer, which was not due until the middle of...
by Liz Coursen | Jan 8, 2018 | Uncategorized
This is a gimme: Audience is a singular noun. Yes, I know that audience refers to a group of people, but it is one of many nouns called collective nouns, nouns that refer to more than one person but are considered singular nouns for purposes of pronoun and verb form....
by Liz Coursen | Jan 8, 2018 | Uncategorized
My first speaking gig of the year happened January 2, 2018, when I presented a 90-minute workshop to the Sarasota Fiction Writers, at Selby Library. “Comma Common Sense” featured two quizzes; here’s the first one. There’s no doubt that commas...
by Liz Coursen | Nov 29, 2017 | Uncategorized
This maybe related to exercises role in positively affecting the immune system. Look how correcting two seemingly minor mistakes—a space and an apostrophe—makes this sentence understandable: This may be related to exercise’s role in positively affecting the...
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