Just a quick few comments about a book
So there is a book called Songbird at Midnight whose author has been commenting on reviews, including telling a reviewer that she didn't know about italics. The reviewer wasn't me, and I don't believe in giving such authors more free press (also why I'm not adding the book to Booklikes), but just so we are clear:
1. Italics are not used when reporting on the wording of slogan or on someone's shirt.
2. Italics are used for emphasis but too many italics used that way make your characters take weird.
3. Author needs to review basic comma usage. There is not legit reason to have perfume and anti-perspirant in one group.
4.stage manager/sound engineer not "stage manager slash sound engineer"
5. Apparently coffee trays have hands.
6. Can we talk about how often white men overuse the name "Running Bear" because I really think we should?
7. semi-colons and commas are not interchangeable.
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