Bigrig Conclusion/Ch. 18

[windstormy]

It's out! And it's done! This is the last chapter in Bigrig. Chapter 18 I hope you enjoy it. It does hold a couple surprises. This is in the Gay Male Cat. So, if this type of material is offensive to you, pls don't go there. Thanks.

And I would also like to thank everyone for their support and help. All of you are so good to me, much like family. I love your candid feedback and covet it deeply. So, feel free to let me know what you like or dislike about this or any of my work. Thanks.......

 

[dr_mabeuse]

I'm not into gay male, but i remember looking at Chapter 1 and being pretty impressed. I glanced at this chapter and something jumped right out at me.

When you have a direct quote followed by at attributive (a "he said" or "answered Frank"), the proper punctuation after the quote is a comma, even when the quote is a complete sentence.

You have: "But you never hurt him." Jonathan reasoned.

It should be "But you never hurt him," Jonathan reasoned.

The only time you don't use a comma is when the quote takes a ? or !.

I know: picky, picky. But it's something an editor would notice and object to, and I thought you should know.

All the best,

---dr.M.

 

[windstormy]

I'm not into gay male, but i remember looking at Chapter 1 and being pretty impressed. I glanced at this chapter and something jumped right out at me.

When you have a direct quote followed by at attributive (a "he said" or "answered Frank"), the proper punctuation after the quote is a comma, even when the quote is a complete sentence.

You have: "But you never hurt him." Jonathan reasoned.

It should be "But you never hurt him," Jonathan reasoned.

The only time you don't use a comma is when the quote takes a ? or !.

I know: picky, picky. But it's something an editor would notice and object to, and I thought you should know.

All the best,

---dr.M.

I appreciate your instruction. I never knew that. Thank you. And I am so honored that you were impressed with Chapter one. Thank you very much for letting me know. I thought most of my readers/fans would be so disappointed that I didn't include a love scene in this final chapter. But to my amazement, they all love it without it. whew. I'm wiping my brow at that in relief. All I did was tie up the loose ends and end the book. And I am actually relieved to do so. Now it's time for a break and think about doing some other piece.