by Jill Williamson | Apr 19, 2023 | Dialogue, Editing, Punctuation, Tips From Editors
As I’ve been mentoring my Blood of Kings Legends authors, I’ve found myself going back to some of the things I learned from my first few editors in the publishing industry. These were the people who taught me many of the hard and fast “rules” of writing that I missed...
by Jill Williamson | Mar 17, 2021 | Editing, Grammar, Punctuation, The Craft of Writing, Writing Tools
Today I’m going to get nitty-gritty with some English grammar. A few years back I did a series of these types of posts that I called Punctuation 101. This led to my little book Punctuation 101. So, if you’re curious, check out some of those posts....
by Jill Williamson | Oct 3, 2018 | Punctuation
Once upon a time, there was an author named Jill Williamson. Jill was a blogger on a website called goteenwriters.com. She had worked as an editor for a few years, then became an author and a writing teacher. As she read the manuscripts of many beginning writers, she...
by Jill Williamson | Sep 19, 2018 | Editing, Punctuation
I spent much of the summer working on my Punctuation 101 book. You may remember that I wrote some “Punctuation 101” posts many years ago on this blog. Or maybe not you don’t remember at all! (It was a long time ago, after all.) Back then, many of you...