Tag: editing
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TURTLE HULL AND OTHER MISADVENTURES OF EDITING
Yes indeed, that is the phrase I used. Turtle hull. It is from my childhood. Turtle hull is what we called the ‘trunk’ of a car. I uploaded my new science fiction short story, The Deep Cove Investigation last night after working at editing the 12k word tale all week. It is the fourth installment…
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IT “AIN’T” WORKING
Oh Microsoft, why do you vex me so? My wonderful proof readers have challenged my quirky use of the word “aint” in the text of my new short story. Because it is slang, and I only use it in dialogue, I made a choice to spell it without the apostrophe, aint. I thought it might…