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What is a grammar dragon? What happens to unicorns when you misuse FANBOYS? This irreverent guide for using our most common punctuation mark will explain. This primer doesn't cover every single use of commas--it's only sixty pages, for heaven's sake! But it does explain the comma errors English professors most often marked wrong on their students' papers. All that red ink stung. Hence, this book. Oh, and the fairies, dragons, and trolls? Well, why not fairies, dragons, and trolls? Examples should be memorable (or at least mythical). Some comma topics included are: Commas and Independent Clauses Commas after Introductory Phrases Commas and Nonrestrictive Clauses Commas and Quotes Commas and Coordinate Adjectives So, don't be a comma idiot. Either buy a grammar dragon or read this book. I promise the book won't eat you. No guarantees on that dragon.
Maren Anderson
Maren Bradley Anderson is a writer, teacher, and alpaca rancher in Oregon. She is the Editor in Chief of The Timberline Review and has written plays for the Apple Box Children's Theater. Her writing has appeared in The Christian Science Monitor, Alpacas Magazine, and The Timberline Review. Her new novel Sparks (July 2019) and alpaca ranch romance Fuzzy Logic are available online and through your local bookstore.
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Kate Ristau
KATE RISTAU is the President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) and the Executive Director of Willamette Writers. She is the author of three middle grade series, Clockbreakers, Mythwakers, and Wylde Wings, and the young adult series, Shadow Girl. You can read her essays in The New York Times and The Washington Post. She is the chair of the Tigard Public Library Board of Directors, and you can meet her online at Kateristau.com.
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