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My editing schedule is currently full for September, but I still have room for new projects in October and November, so please email me if your draft will ready for editing around this time and I’ll...
View ArticleHow important is rewriting?
Love this answer by Robet McKee in an interview on Storylink.com. Debra Eckerling asked him, How important is the process of rewriting? Robert McKee: “It’s absolutely critical. I quote Hemingway in my...
View ArticleReview – Editors on Editing: What Writers Need to Know About What Editors Do
“Authors really depend on editors for one thing: the truth.” Editors on Editing: What Writers Need to Know About What Editors Do, by Gerald Gross, is a collection of essays by editors, illuminating all...
View ArticleInterview at Phantom Owl Press
Here’s a little interview with me, about editing and my editing process, over at Phantom Owl Press. Excerpt: What are some things you think writers should look for/be wary of when hiring an editor?...
View ArticleEditorial Jam Sessions
I loved Richard Adin’s post at his “An American Editor” blog yesterday about how good editors find and adopt the writer’s unique style or rhythm. Beyond the technical skills and know-how, so much of...
View ArticleScience Fiction & Fantasy Editing
Hello, authors! I’m currently scheduling projects for the rest of this year and into early 2015 and still have spaces left, so if you have a manuscript almost ready for professional editing or if you’d...
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Attack of the Grammar-Monsters
Copyeditors are not all evil grammar-monsters who spend their days hunting for typos just so they can terrify anyone who knows less about writing mechanics than they do. Good copyeditors know that...
View ArticleEditing techniques: How to streamline your writing
Writing “in the moment” without pausing to review is a perfect way to create, because you don’t want the critical half of your brain self-consciously poking at the less-inhibited, imaginative half...
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Tough day at the office
Part of my work day: studying story-craft techniques under the hypnotizing gaze of this beast…
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Editing for the Voices of Reason!
Are you an atheist, humanist or science-loving writer who’s looking a professional editor? I’m seeking new clients who write about free-thought, skepticism, and science, or whose love for these things...
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