tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post5663069444506149650..comments2024-03-28T22:25:23.698-05:00Comments on Western Fictioneers: Ranger Jim's Ramblings for JuneWestern Fictioneershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01683314579075461026noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-27409655561569533632014-06-14T16:46:01.352-05:002014-06-14T16:46:01.352-05:00Great solid tips. Totally agree -- with typos, mod...Great solid tips. Totally agree -- with typos, modern sayings, and the "lost" story in that huge novel. I have one of those, my first finished mss. One of these days I'll find time to pull out the real story, cutting from 1K pages to about 350. Yeah. One day. LOLMeghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10734148270217773194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-56741236342086469882014-06-13T05:01:08.324-05:002014-06-13T05:01:08.324-05:00This text is invaluable. When can I find out more?...This text is invaluable. When can I find out more?<br /><br />Here is my web page :: <a href="http://castleclashhack.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">castle clash cheat</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-73726532615349514122014-06-12T20:02:18.763-05:002014-06-12T20:02:18.763-05:00Thanks for the tips, Jim. They're useful to bo...Thanks for the tips, Jim. They're useful to both writers and judges.Vonn McKeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02271500340284234767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-29693142576618486402014-06-12T14:44:55.642-05:002014-06-12T14:44:55.642-05:00I'm sure every writer in this group has pet pe...I'm sure every writer in this group has pet peeves and editing suggestions. Something I learned, many folks use the words "that" and "just" far too often in writing. When the book's finished I do a search for those two words and always find a lot, no, I find waaay too many. I'm able to delete the word altogether or substitute it and typically cut out about two-thirds of them.Gordohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17411491669023091364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-22169753359467091622014-06-12T14:27:58.186-05:002014-06-12T14:27:58.186-05:00Cheryl, My biggest pet peeve is "it's&qu...Cheryl, My biggest pet peeve is "it's" for the possessive, instead of the proper "its". Also the "your/you're" errors.<br /><br />When Bill Clinton was elected President, he visited Keene (NH) to thank the city for their support. He visited a manufacturing company where a friend of mine worked. In a classic example of a reporter letting the spellcheck do his work, he wrote that the President "walked down the aisle alongside the large VICES." It should have been VISES, of course. Then again, this was before the Monica Lewinsky scandal, so perhaps the reporter was prescient.Jim Griffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02190709130368990745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-69121291633250896622014-06-12T13:16:45.051-05:002014-06-12T13:16:45.051-05:00Deleted this as it was a duplicate.Deleted this as it was a duplicate.Cheryl Piersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18116526340220274282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-86581224156647977632014-06-12T13:16:11.707-05:002014-06-12T13:16:11.707-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Cheryl Piersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18116526340220274282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-31644727292331651722014-06-12T13:16:11.430-05:002014-06-12T13:16:11.430-05:00Jim, I know we all have our own pet peeves. I hate...Jim, I know we all have our own pet peeves. I hate 'loose' for 'lose' and of course, the three versions of their they're and there being used wrong, or to, too, and two. There are so many! LOL Thanks for being a Peacemaker judge -- I know we all appreciate the hard work the judges do, and the time they spend on it. <br />CherylCheryl Piersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18116526340220274282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-40443151993217229162014-06-12T12:34:52.125-05:002014-06-12T12:34:52.125-05:00Thank you, thank you, thank you. Of all the pointe...Thank you, thank you, thank you. Of all the pointers, the one as a reader that always bothers me, 'spelling'. <br /><br />Each pointer is something we all do and aspire not to do. Again thank you. DorisRenaissance Womenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09045401344374224512noreply@blogger.com