Little Things Mean a Lot!

When writing my I needed to think about what I wanted to call the beings who were both magical and ethereal. I didn't want to use Elves as that wasn't the kind of story I wanted to write, and Fairy didn't work for me either as that brought to my mind a vision of little flying, perhaps woodland, creatures. Faerie was closer but not quite right either due to their often wicked nature, and my Sprites fit that bill, so I decided on Fairie. I know its not a real word, but I hope you understand I was trying to create something different to what has been used before as I think the beings in my story are different to the beings conjured up by real words in the dictionary. Add and s onto the end of the word and it gets even more confusing as that is the plural of Fairy - Fairies. So you understand my quandry now hopefully. I hope I made the right choice in the end...

Another little thing that led to a lot of consideration was the apostrophe. Especially after a word ending in s like Tobias. Is it Tobias' or Tobias's when plural? It turns out I had used both options in my books when it came to editing time. My eagle eyed friend Lorraine helped me with this when she googled the Apostrophe Society - who knew there was such a thing... Anyway, it turns out that both are valid in their view and they suggest that - 's offends less people! So, I have gone with Tobias's consistently throughout my story, and I apologise if that offends those of you who, like me and Lorraine, were taught differently.

To capitalise Earth or not? - now that is a question I asked myself often. In the end it is capatilised when I am refering to the planet Earth and lower case otherwise.

These were the main issues for me and hopefully the majority of typos and mistakes have now been caught and edited out. My thanks to Lorraine for her help with this too 🙏

Anyway, for the most part I have tried to be consistent in the little decisions I have made. I really do hope that you enjoy my story. 📚