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Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Wordworking: H is for Hyphens, Hogwarts, and Liesl Shurtliff

Happy Book Birthday, RUMP!!!


I met Liesl at my first writing conference (WIFYR) back in 201l. I've blogged about her here. RUMP is a MG retelling that is funny, sweet, and perfect for my third grader (and for me).

She was nice enough to guest blog about hyphens and share the amazing Hogwarts gingerbread house she made last Christmas.

Take it away, Liesl.


H is for Hyphen, a lovely punctuation mark that can be used to bring words together, or to break words apart, as the case may be. It can be glue or a knife. What a magical tool! 
Use a hyphen to join two words serving as a single adjective before a noun: J.K. Rowling is a well-known author.
However, if it comes after the noun, you don’t use the hyphen: Liesl Shurtliff is an author who is not well known. (Yet.)
A hyphen is used in compound numbers: My publisher gave me twenty-five copies of my book.
Use a hyphen to clarify confusion: Re-sign the publishing contract. Don’t resign your day job.  
Use hyphens with prefixes: The ex-editor booked an all-inclusive vacation.  


Liesl's amazing Hogwarts gingerbread creation
Thanks for including me in your A to Z challenge and featuring me on my release day! I really appreciate it. 

Isn't she great guys? Thanks Liesl for taking the time to be on my blog. I can't wait until my copy arrives this afternoon! 

Where you can find Rump: indie, amazon, and B & N

Are you doing the A to Z challenge? Let me know and I'll come check it out. 


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14 comments:

  1. Tonja DreckerApril 9, 2013 at 4:17 AM

    That's an amazing Hogwarts! :) And I wouldn't to immediately resign a publishing contract either. Great post!

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  2. AnonymousApril 9, 2013 at 4:32 AM

    Visiting from A2Z. I constantly over-use the dash - sometimes even confusing it for a hyphen - often in place of a semi-colon. Enjoyed your post - and as someone whose only attempt at a gingerbread house was condemned by the sanitation department - I am in awe of the patience and skill that created that Hogwarts. ;-)
    http://richardhallows.blogspot.ie/

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  3. Suzanne FurnessApril 9, 2013 at 5:46 AM

    Love the gingerbread Hogwarts! Hypens are one of those tricky things I find. I often get it wrong!

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  4. DaniApril 9, 2013 at 7:03 AM

    Great tips and love the Hogwarts house!
    Dani @ Entertaining Interests
    #warriorminion

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  5. Natalie AguirreApril 9, 2013 at 7:28 AM

    Thanks for sharing on how to use hyphens. Sometimes I get confused. And I was lucky enough to read an ARC of RUMP. It is a fantastic, unique version of this fairytale that I really recommend.

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  6. Jennie BennettApril 9, 2013 at 9:19 AM

    I've heard really good things about Rump, can't wait to read it!

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  7. jaybirdApril 9, 2013 at 10:21 AM

    Whoah! Amazing ginger bread Hogwarts. Hope my kids don't see that and ask me to try and duplicate it, lol.

    Rump sounds great. I love fairy tales!

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  8. ilimaApril 9, 2013 at 10:32 AM

    Congrats to Liesl, and how fun that she guest-posted your letter H!

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  9. Andrew LeonApril 9, 2013 at 12:46 PM

    I've always wanted to make some big gingerbread thing like that, but, when it comes to it, it always seems more trouble than it will actually be worth.

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  10. Liesl ShurtliffApril 9, 2013 at 1:15 PM

    Thank you Robin! And even though Gingerbread Hogwarts was super fun, I don't necessarily recommend it to anyone. I think it took me longer to make that thing than it did to write my first draft of RUMP! Insane.

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    1. RobinApril 10, 2013 at 12:17 AM

      Thanks again for doing this post:) And I believe you on it taking longer make Hogwarts than to draft RUMP. I have failed at enough gingerbread houses to accept that it isn't my thing. We buy the Michael's kits and hot glue them together. *hangs head*

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  11. mshatchApril 9, 2013 at 8:26 PM

    That is one heck of an amazing gingerbread house! I'm not surprised it took so long to make. Congrats to Liesl on RUMP!

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  12. Carrie ButlerApril 9, 2013 at 9:38 PM

    Gotta love those hyphens! ;) Congratulations to Liesl!

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  13. UnknownApril 9, 2013 at 10:18 PM

    I have never wanted to be miniature until I saw this gingerbread house. Amazeballs!

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