While beta reading my story, Gerry pointed me to the following helpful websites on this topic:

http://www.fmwriters.com/Visionback/Issue%205/tags.htm
http://www.anecdote.org/writing/Dialogue_Tags__A_Study_in_Common_Errors.html

I thought they were excellent resources to help writers understand this subject.
Susan

You can find my stories as Groobie on the nfic archives and Susan Young on the gfic archives. In other words, you know me as Groobie. wink