Style keeps on tripping up my substance of my Cozy Mystery.

Short or wordy sentences?

Are fragments allowed? If so, are they encouraged?

When corrections are potentially stodgy, can prepositions be left hanging in the interest of flow?

Should passive verbs carry the death sentence or simply community service?

Aargh!!

Pardon me, while I go bludgeon my head against the refrigerator door.

Until tomorrow…

Chloe