Going Dark
I’ve decided to stop posting on this blog, because I’m so much enjoying my other site, The Quack Doctor, that I’d rather divert my energies to that. In the rare event of me thinking of something erudite to say on the subject of writing, I will be sure to post it on Strictly Writing. You can still find me at my main website, to which I might add a news page soon, an

Is your writing ready to party?
. Do people still throw  ’come as you are’ parties? I rarely get invited to parties… for some reason…  so I wouldn’t know, but I remember them being the cause of much contrived hilarity in vintage sitcoms. An editing tip that occurred to me recently is to think of each sentence as a potential party guest. When the telephone call arrives from the hip ‘n’ happening hosts, is the sentence ready to step out of