I'm baaack! Grammar Police Monday - On The Farm

I'm back amongst the cyber-living with GPM and an announcement. 
I missed a lot while I was gone, even though I lurked a bit. That's the downside to a hiatus.  : (

Wanna know what the upside is?

I finished the draft of my current WIP, Come Back. Woot! :D

Of course, we all know that's not really THE END. I still have a long way to go. But I'm stoked.

Why?

I don't want to jinx it, but... *squinches eyes shut*  I've set a tentative release date. God willing and the creek don't rise (and a million other things that could—and probably will—go wrong), I'll publish my debut HR sometime this spring. *sqweeee* ...*faints*

Over the last few weeks, I've discovered what all is truly involved with self-publishing. I'm serious when I say, to any of you who've done it, I stand in awe of you—wide-eyed, mouth-gaping, hero-worshiping awe.

I'll tell you more as things go along, but for now, please, wish me luck. 
I'm gonna need it.

Now for GPM...
:)

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He’s got a tough road to hoe

...should be a tough row to hoe.

Hoeing garden rows has nothing to do with 
road construction.

He killed them all in one fowl swoop

...should be in one fell swoop.

The word fell actually has an adjective form, however antiquated, that means fierce, cruel, dreadful, destructive, savage. This idiom may evoke the image of a hawk swooping in, but the word to use is fell, not fowl.

Toe-headed

...should be tow-headed.

This compound adjective refers to someone with very light hair, the color of ‘tow,’ a light-colored rope. What the incorrect form of the word brings to mind—um. We don’t need that visual. :P

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One last tidbit before I go... I've been doing a little farming myself. These are cuttings from my mom's mulberry bush that I managed to root. 
(I started out with six. Four sprouted leaves; two lived.)

Can I keep them alive long enough to plant outside this spring? 
Or will they be sacrificed to the time-sucking gods of self-publishing?
We'll see...

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That's all for today.

Thanks for visiting. :)