When editing, editors and agents are readers first. Our job is to eliminate anything that slows the pace, weakens the…
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You’ve just gotten your edits back from your editor, and as you flip through the manuscript, you see red marks…
As you proceed through the submission process you’re going to get to the point when editors start suggesting ways you…
Books and genres have target word counts. It’s the way it’s always been and I suspect it will always be…
Occasionally we’ll come across a writer who hasn’t yet seemed to grasp the complexities of being a published author. She’s…
In the past month two interesting things happened that made me know there was a blog post I had to…
I love getting comments on blog posts. I imagine all bloggers do. It validates what we’re doing and makes us…
I wrote a few weeks ago about the danger of editing and perfecting the first pages of your manuscript, but…
It’s common for authors and publishers to receive feedback from readers on editing mistakes that are found in a book.…
Anyone who reads this blog knows that I’m no grammarian. I make major errors all the time and was often…