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Writing Worries: “Somebody and I” or “Me and Somebody”
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Writing Worries: “Somebody and I” or “Me and Somebody”

Posted on September 21, 2018 by R. Jean Bell

I am disturbed by an increasing tendency to misuse I when it is joined to another person with and. My personal theory is that repeated childhood corrections of me…

Critiquing Basics for Readers and Writers
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Critiquing Basics for Readers and Writers

Posted on September 19, 2018October 5, 2021 by R. Jean Bell

I first wrote this article almost a year ago, but the content is as valuable now as it was then. We’re used to thinking about…

Character Arcs: Subtle Yet Essential
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Character Arcs: Subtle Yet Essential

Posted on September 18, 2018 by R. Jean Bell

One piece of a story that is often neglected by newer writers is the character arc. Part of the reason this is easily overlooked is…

Finding the Cracks in Your Writing
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Finding the Cracks in Your Writing

Posted on August 1, 2018 by R. Jean Bell

This time of year is when we do routine maintenance on the house. As I worked on the outside walls, scraping flaking paint and digging…

Then or Than?
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Then or Than?

Posted on July 17, 2018July 17, 2018 by R. Jean Bell

[epq-quote align=”align-right”]Use then if the situation relates to time, order, or consequences. Use than in comparative situations, regardless of the type of comparison.[/epq-quote] It is…

There, They’re, and Their
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There, They’re, and Their

Posted on July 16, 2018 by R. Jean Bell

Writer Worries: There, They’re, or Their? The challenge with there, they’re, and their is that the words are homonyms (also called homophones), which means they sound the same but…

Passive Voice in Simple Terms
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Passive Voice in Simple Terms

Posted on July 15, 2018July 15, 2018 by R. Jean Bell

Writers hear over and over to avoid passives and use active verbs only. But if you don’t come from an intensive English background, you can…

Perfecting Our Practice: Balancing Drafting and Editing–Challenge 1
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Perfecting Our Practice: Balancing Drafting and Editing–Challenge 1

Posted on July 13, 2018July 17, 2018 by R. Jean Bell

This article is the first follow-up to my earlier article, Practice Makes Perfect, Right? My goal, as this series continues, is to provide more concrete…

Practice Makes Perfect, Right?
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Practice Makes Perfect, Right?

Posted on June 30, 2018July 13, 2018 by R. Jean Bell

Everyone who speaks much English knows the expression practice makes perfect. However, I find the expression “perfect practice makes perfect,” generally attributed to Vince Lombardi,…

The Key to Writing Tight Flash Fiction
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The Key to Writing Tight Flash Fiction

Posted on March 8, 2018October 5, 2021 by R. Jean Bell

After struggling some with a flash exercise, I did a lot of thinking, reading, and analyzing about what was necessary to write good flash fiction. The…

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About Me

R. Jean Bell grew up in the United States but has spent the last twenty years in Denmark. A voracious reader since age three, she averages a book a day. She spends her time writing fiction and poetry, doing hobby photography, and being with her husband, horses, and dogs.

Her work appears in Cast of Wonders, ParABnormal Magazine, and more. She additionally took second place in the 2019 BSFS poetry competiton.

She recently joined the first reader team at Apex Magazine.

The bex bee image and the bex-with-book image used with book reviews were both created by the extremely talented Matytan.

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