I spent the weekend reading two books on proper English and punctuation. I am also taking a four week course on grammar and punctuation from a local community college in St. Louis, MO.
For my troubles, I did finish editing Kepler Falling last week. I have three different short stories I need to look over. I started a short story for Writers Under the Arch two weeks ago. I'm not sure if I should continue with it. I'm trying to incorporate some of what I've learned into my writing. It's an ongoing process. I have yet to sit down with a critical eye for punctuation and grammar with one of my stories or novellas.
The short story I submitted to WUTA Big Books got turned down with the comments it was too long for a short story and would be better as a novel. I won't work on "Matter of Honor" for a while. I am too involved with Straits of Magellan. The one good thing I did was outline a couple chapters for the novel. I have a better idea what to write until I get to the end of where I stopped. I then outline some more chapters until I have the novel complete. I know how Straits of Magellan will end and how it will lead into the third book of the Kepler cycle called Redemption of Eden...
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