The period is your friend, fellow writers. I know a comma is supposed to signify a pause, but let’s face it, a lot of times people just blow right through those babies, resulting in an on-going running commentary in one’s head that
Grammar Week: Speech Tags
Ah, speech tags. The lovely bit of any story that tells you who’s talking at any point in time. Easy peasy, right? No. Apparently not. Here’s the thing about speech tags. They’re supposed to blend into the background. If you