Author: P.S. Bartlett

Writer and Artist in no particular order of importance. They hold hands.
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Meet the mom of 5 who says, ‘I’m much happier being fat’

What's your opinion on this? http://www.ravishly.com/2015/02/10/being-thin-didnt-make-me-happy-being-fat-does Here's Mine: She calls herself fat but to me, according to her photo in the article, she just looks like an attractive woman with brown hair. The comments on the original article are less than accepting of her choice to care more about her spirit and less about her …

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Genre Blending

jorobinson176's avatarLit World Interviews

Before I finished my first book, I had a list of all the top agents and publishers in the USA and the UK. The very thought of going Indie struck me as amateurish and pathetic, and it was going to be big time or bust. I had my synopsis ready, and my query letter. The more I learned about Indie publishing though, the more I fell in love with it, and by the time my first book was finished I had a totally different plan. I didn’t kick the option of traditional publishing to the kerb – I still haven’t done that. Even though I’ve never queried, I try never to say never, but I wanted to explore the amazing new world of anything goes first.

As an Indie writer you get to write about anything under the sun – satire – taboo – trigger inducing – revolting – weird…

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Hyphens & En Dashes & Em Dashes Oh My.

Ronovan's avatarLit World Interviews

hyphens dashes

Let’s talk hyphens, en dashes, and em dashes.

Are you using them the correct way? Are you using the correct lengths? You are probably wondering about that second question, and we will get to it in a moment. But first let’s talk about what each one is and does.

Let’s take them by length order.

First to join us is the hyphen.

What does it look like? –

Where do you find it? You’ll find it between the 0 and the = keys.

How do you use it?

First of all there are several names for the uses of the hyphen. I’m not going to bother filling your time with names that may not even be real or standards. I am going to give examples. Isn’t that what we want when we go looking for this information?

  • Sometimes you will use the hyphen when words are linked together to describe…

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