Email Recovered from Genetech Debris, Lt. Jeffrey Abramowitz Investigating

Monday, June 8th, 2015

My latest (very) short story, “Email Recovered from Genetech Debris, Lt. Jeffrey Abramowitz Investigating”, is now available in Third Flatiron’s Summer issue, Only Disconnect for Kindle or DRM-free ePub.

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Enjoy!

Said Terence or Terence Said

Monday, February 23rd, 2015

I’m having trouble figuring out which form of dialog tag is preferred under which circumstances. In fiction dialog, should I write:

“I’ll call a car to take us to my studio,” said Terence.

or

“I’ll call a car to take us to my studio,” Terence said.

Which flows more naturally under which circumstances? I’ve tried googling it, but if the answer is out there I can’t find the right search terms to describe the question.
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