Anna Hennings

I have been given conflicting information regarding this. Have any of you patented something? Can you walk me through the process please. Thanks

it usually says it should be. Should I trust the fact that it is correct? Because I swear I've seen these words unhyphenated before in literature. Perhaps there are words that may or may not be hyphenated, it's simply up to the writer?

This, for Anna, would be forever remembered as the whirlwind summer that blew by.

I'm going through a seperation and in the process of getting a book published. I want to ensure that any money I make from this book does not end up in my soon to be ex's hand. He was very verbally and mentally abusive especially during the time that it took for me to write the book. So my question is, is there some way to keep him from getting his mits on any of it?

Of course each time a new character speeks the paragraph changes, but how do you differentiate between thoughts? There has to be some sort of rules for paragraph breaks. Basics or a website would be great. Thank you.

Please, people who are sure of their answers only.

No, it was neither of these.

The sentence is:

She received a book called, 'Spells Made Easy'.

I thought it should all be in caps since it is the title of a book, but my comp. is telling me only to cap Spells. I even have the title italicized. What's correct?

do you leave one inch margins, 12 font, Times New Roman, double spaced, and two spaces between the chapter title and the text, as well as tab over for paragraph indents?

Please, only reply if you're sure of the answer.

I know there are different ways and it depends on what the standards are for that publishing co., but there must be a standard I can initially set it up in.

Are their guidelines that suggest no less than 10 pages for a chapter and no more than thirty, for example? Thank you.

do you center it within the page and italicize it, so that it stands out from the rest of the type?

Sit up, was she kidding. She'd fall off for sure, Anna thought to herself.

We will be performing your Coming of Age Ceremony on your birthday.

Good grammatical web sites would be appreciated too.

Who wouldn't, what with all the crazy, and let's face it, unnerving information she'd been given the day before.

1. She pulled up to a building bearing a sign that read, 'The Village Square'.

2. Is two-story spelled this way or storey?

3. She walked through the 'Employee's Only' door. - punctuation ok here, and is Only caps?

4. Level 1 Spells - should 1 be spelled out?

5. She decided to 'cheer the place up'. - puctuation ok here? No caps, correct?

6. Is crypticness a word? Microsoft picked it up as an error but I swear I've seen it before.

7. Distracting Anna, Celia continued, "Behind... - Is the punctuation ok here?

If I could get the answers for these punctuation rules, I should be able to fix the rest of them. Thank you.

Is lo and behold spelled just lo, or low?

Is leather-like spelled with a hyphen?

When someone is hesitateing in their speech, do you write it like this: W-what?

Is two-story hyphenated?

Our ancestors were part of the great white brotherhood - should great white brotherhood be capitals?

If typing the words - the symbol of an X, do you capitalize the x?

Is tooth fairy capitalized in a sentence or hyphenated?

Sorry for all the questions. I'm editing, and it's quicker to ask sometime then it is to flip through my reference books. Thank you for your help.

The First Five Pages - Noah Lukeman

How To Write What You Want & Sell What You Write - Skip Press

Whose Grammer Book Is This Anyway - Good

The Marshall Plan for Getting Your Novel Pulished - Marshall

The Creative Writers Style Guide - Leland

Writers Market FAQ's - Rubie

Getting Your Book Published For Dummies - Zackheim

Which one has the best grammatical info? I'm looking at a months worth of reading in front of me, so if i could get input on the one you found particularly helpful that would be great. Thank you.

I'm writing a magical fiction and when typing out spells and chants should I capitalize and italicize them? ie: As she took up her wand she said, Tatome.

Should all words of the chapter heading be capitalized, but not in the contents. ie: Lost and Found Legacy (contents), Lost And Found Legacy (chapter title).

Is it er or err when someone doesn't know what to say. ie: Er, did you say dragon?

And how about ah in the same sense?

Thank you for your time.