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Stack of BooksWe all have our individual quirks of style. Little, verbal quirks. We use a phrase once, like it, use it again, and eventually it becomes habit.

For most people (i.e,. non-authors), this isn’t a problem. A quirky turn of phrase, a tag-line, a preference for the spelling “grey” instead of “gray”–these are not problems for most people.

For writers, though, it can be a problem. Why? Because you can’t see them. And because others can.

Yesterday, I discovered a new one of my own. (more…)

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