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    Member Benefit: Discount on Fictionary’s An Insider’s View of Story Editing Course Member Benefit #28 Thirteen professional story editors edited the same novel. Each editor worked separately in Fictionary StoryCoach. This course […]

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    The History of Writing and Reading: The Rise of Indo-European Languages (Part 2 of 2) [This is the fourth of an ongoing series that examines the rise of writing – and therefore reading – around the world. It is also the second part in […]

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    Book Review: Sinking Your Teeth into Proper Dental Care Sinking Your Teeth into Proper Dental Care Author: Miriam Ruff   Most people will have their teeth for their entire lives, but the only education […]

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    Hi, Yateendra. Thank you for the comment. Chicago Manual of Style 6.83 actually gives a specific example of the Chicago way to use the en dash in this case. In explaining that an en dash should not be used with […]

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