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Rules for Using Hyphens, En-Dashes, and Em-Dashes

Posted on June 9, 2015 by BangerJune 10, 2015

What are Hyphens, En-Dashes, and Em-Dashes? No doubt you’ve all heard of hyphens. They’re the little – that you find between some words, in phone numbers, and sometimes at the end of lines in old books, when it was necessary … Continue reading →

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Writing on the Go: Why a ****** is a Writer’s Best Friend

Posted on June 1, 2015 by BangerJune 24, 2015

My BFF I have a best friend. He is a lovely, intelligent person. However, he has just been demoted because he doesn’t do something important for me: He doesn’t help me defeat writer’s block. My life is busy. I’m a … Continue reading →

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Author Services: Comparing WordPress vs GoDaddy’s Website Builder

Posted on May 26, 2015 by BangerMay 26, 2015

Small Business Websites I recently completed a client’s website. While he is not an author, he provides small business services in a related field, and his original designer was unable to complete. His needs were slightly different to that of … Continue reading →

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About Proofreading

Posted on May 23, 2015 by BangerMay 27, 2015

We hates proofreading, my precious. We hates it.  Wait, what? Banger, you work as an editor! You … you proofread for a living. Well, yes. I do. However, before I had this job, long before, I was a writer. My words were … Continue reading →

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Word Choices: Drastic versus Dramatic

Posted on May 21, 2015 by BangerMay 21, 2015

These two words are not usually interchangeable. They do not mean the same thing. If people keep using them improperly, Banger will be forced to take drastic action to make a dramatic statement about the use of these two words. Drastic … Continue reading →

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Kerning: Outwitting Page Counts when you’re Wordy

Posted on May 16, 2015 by BangerMay 16, 2015

Remember back in my Automating Paragraph and Hanging Indentation posts when I said there was a wrong way to indent? I talked about indenting, and how the use of proportional fonts made indenting things with spaces a bad idea. This is … Continue reading →

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Comma, Comma, Comma rules.

Posted on May 13, 2015 by BangerMay 18, 2015

I love commas. Ask anyone who has read my writing; I love commas. I have a comma bracelet. I’m wearing a comma necklace at this very moment. I have long dreamt of the perfect comma tattoo. Me and commas–we’ve got a … Continue reading →

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Outlining a Five Paragraph Essay

Posted on May 11, 2015 by BangerMay 17, 2015

If you’re a student, you will be writing five paragraph essays. I guarantee it. What is a five paragraph essay? This is one of the times when the clue is in the question! A five paragraph essay is a format … Continue reading →

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MLA Formatted Quotations and Quotation Marks

Posted on April 30, 2015 by BangerMay 18, 2015

Why, When, and How to use Quotations? If you’re writing an essay in MLA format and you need to either incorporate dialogue or textual material from another source, you will need to know how to handle MLA formatted quotations. You … Continue reading →

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Who That?

Posted on April 26, 2015 by BangerMay 17, 2015

I know some superb writers who have a funny little quirk in their writing; namely that they misuse that and who. It’s quite common, actually, and as far as word choice errors go, this is the one to have. It rarely impairs … Continue reading →

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