...faster than a run-on sentence, more powerful than italics plus an exclamation point, able to spot a passive verb at a thousand yards...THE MASKED GRAMMARIAN! Disguised as a mild-mannered wife and mother by day, our heroine seeks out careless writing under the cover of darkness and wages a one-woman war against wordiness, double negatives, and the dreaded dangling participle. With her atomic heat vision--powered by megadoses of caffeine and a pair of fashionable reading glasses--she reunites split infinitives by the dozens. With a superhuman vocabulary too vast for mere mortals to comprehend, she zaps clichés and redundancies into oblivion. No one knows for certain how she came to be the Purveyor of Powerful Prose. Could she be from the planet Nerdulus...or is the secret to her powers the true -blue tome that never leaves her possession? If only there were a way to obtain a copy of that Azure Allegory!
True Blue Forever: ISBN 9780972238595 Available from Amazon.com and all online book sellers, or by order from your favorite book store.
I always like your writing and especially your sense of humor. I love The Masked Grammarian and the good she is doing in the world. If a few heads have to roll, we need to keep in mind just how many heads there are and how few of them are being used for any worthwhile purpose.
Joe Prentis
Reviewed by Peggy Blann-Phifer (Reader)
Reviewed on June 1, 2009
Loved this! Perhaps I should request a visit from said Masked Grammarian. Or would that be maybe I should FEAR a visit from her? In either case, this little fantasy was a fun read.
You are my hero. I spent 32 years in a classroom doing this very work. And my son is now the Grammar Warrior in his insurance office. Woe to the adjuster who misspells "it's/its"--I've had it with bad gramamr and redundant expressions on the news too! Well said, Joyce. Eileen
An adorable and humorous write that drew me right in to the end! If I could rate you on this one you'd get a 10+ for the best promotional article I've read yet! I am going to sit back and take lessons from you! EXCELLENT
Deputy Dave Jenkins sets out to find the murderer of the local high school principal, aided by a voice from the grave that is sometimes helpful and sometimes misleading.
"Murder isn't usually this funny."
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Jerry Aragon/The Humor Doctor
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I always like your writing and especially your sense of humor. I love The Masked Grammarian and the good she is doing in the world. If a few heads have to roll, we need to keep in mind just how many heads there are and how few of them are being used for any worthwhile purpose.
Joe Prentis
Well done, Joyce.
An adorable and humorous write that drew me right in to the end! If I could rate you on this one you'd get a 10+ for the best promotional article I've read yet! I am going to sit back and take lessons from you! EXCELLENT