https://docs.google.com/document/d/11gS31BQTdzDKDeMXI1-sxTOfCsv44_jDOynNgwhu1gc/
An excellent guide to erotic writing. Even though it focuses on one particular genre, much of it can be applied to all types of erotic literature.
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A thing I’ve noticed is that sometimes people capitalize the names of seasons: “It was the middle of Spring.”
Not quite. Seasons are normally considered common nouns, which means they aren’t capitalized in the middle of a sentence: “It was the middle of spring.”
Seasons are capitalized, though, when they are personified, that is, given person-like traits. If a season “does” something, for example, then it’s likely personified: “As Spring blew its soft breeze…”
If a season is personified, treat its name as a person’s name. So don’t put “the” before it (“Spring”, not “the Spring”), and don’t use it as an adjective directly (“Spring’s breeze,” not “Spring breeze”).
http://theeditorsblog.net/2011/05/07/single-quotation-marks-a-readers-question/
A few stories I’ve read use a strange style of quotation marks: Double quotation marks for quotations, and single quotation marks for single words.
For example:
She said wearily, “Hello, how are you?” but most of them didn’t even hear her feeble ‘greeting’ attempt.
No.
As the article in the link explains, you should use single quotation marks only if you normally start quotations with single quotation marks.
So, it’s either:
She said wearily, 'Hello, how are you?’ but most of them didn’t even hear her feeble 'greeting’ attempt.
Or:
She said wearily, “Hello, how are you?” but most didn’t even hear her feeble “greeting” attempt.
There are also a few technical cases where single quotation marks are used, such as plant cultivars. In these cases, you should use single quotation marks even if you normally start quotations with double quotation marks:
The specimen was a Malus domestica 'Red Delicious’. “So, an apple,” he said.