Recent documents edited: --article for a business newsletter --devotional book --writing Web site --memoir --counseling Web site --short story --picture book --mystery novel Some helpful hints with punctuation: Use a comma when you join two complete sentences together. Some comma rules are hard to understand, and they need to be explained better. You don't need a comma when there are not two complete sentences. Look at this example where there is NO comma. I will learn my punctuation rules and use them carefully. Here is another comma rule you can apply to your writing. Use commas when you are listing a series of things. Some people use a comma before the word "and" in their list, and some people do not. Just make sure you are consistent with whatever you decide, and it matches the style of the publication you are writing for. My favorite punctuation marks are commas, exclamation marks, and periods. or I also like semicolons, question marks and quotation marks. Either way is correct! |
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help, dozens of us have found markets for our work. Myself and another member now
have contracts with an agent because of the valuable comments Margo gave us as
we wrote our novels. Her comments are always made with kindness and the true
desire to help our writing be the best it can be. She is also very willing to heap praise
on a writer when the work merits it. I'd recommend Margo to anyone who needs either
a complete edit or just a little help to get going in the right direction with their work.
Luella Turner, Novelist
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Immediate President, Missouri Writers’ Guild
Margo for nearly a decade. During that time she has volunteered her service as a judge in several writing competitions
sponsored by Saturday Writers—a chapter of the Missouri Writers’ Guild. In addition to serving as a judge, she
provided feedback to encourage young writers to fulfill their writing dreams. Over the years, she has provided excellent
feedback for my own work as well as the work of members of Thursday Writers (a critique group to which we both
belong). In providing feedback, Margo has the uncanny ability to see the big picture, while also showing amazing
attention to detail. Because of her contributions, almost everyone in our critique group (about 12 members) has been
published in some media. Margo’s critiques are thorough and candid, yet gentle and encouraging. She has excellent
organizational skills and a detailed knowledge of the writing fundamentals, such as: grammar, punctuation, spelling and
sentence and story structure. She also knows writing techniques, dialogue, style and those intangibles that make her
own writing, and the writing, of those whom she critiques, shine. In addition to all those qualities, Margo also follows
through on everything she does. When Margo promises to do something, you can guarantee she will do it--and give
even more than she promised.
Donna Volkenannt
Immediate President, Missouri Writers’ Guild
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areas I asked her to focus on and provided a very detailed and organized list of corrections I should consider. Her
comments definitely improved the quality of my paper.
Natalie, University of Illinois Grad Student
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Margo. She was an excellent proof reader and writing coach. She was always pleasant to work with and always
delivered what I asked for in a timely, professional manner. She was honest in her feedback, and I could not have
completed my book without her help. She is creative and has a gift for putting thoughts into words. In addition to my
book, she helped me prepare a query letter, a synopsis, and a resume. I had a positive response from the query
letter she prepared, and my manuscript is currently being reviewed by a publisher. I have no hesitation in
recommending Margo for all your writing needs.
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