Tag: editing
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Anne Lamott, Bit by Bit, and Microwaved Water…
Our middle child sat for the SAT, at the outset of this week, but not before giving the completed term papers to the respective teachers who had assigned them. Having read them several times when helping with the editing I learned much about the Gulf of Tonkin. In editing the second paper I learned how…
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Manuscripts, Editing, and the Chaos of Writing…
Last week was an absolute blur. It was crazy. My middle child, a junior in high school, was approaching taking her SAT for the first time. Two semester term papers, each between 12 and 15 pages lay in wait to be edited. As a writer I had to assist in my child in this process.…
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Blogging, Promoting, Revising and Editing…
Whatever difficulties we have experienced with editors writers need the help of editors. An unedited book placed on the market for public purchase diminishes our integrity as writers and demeans the skill to crafting fiction to which we aspire. If writing a book was as simple as putting the words on paper and sending it…
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Editors, The Basics of Crafting Fiction, and Apple’s iPad…
Yesterday I spoke at length with Shonelle Bacon, who completed the first copy editing for my soon to be released novel, “The House.” It was a great experience. I always learn so much from the editors with whom I work. Their comments on my work not only show where corrections are needed, but provide great…
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Of Blogs, The Umbilical Cord, and the Internet…,
Connecting with the godhead, that part of the divine that lives within all, the Imago Dei, coalesces the disparate parts of the soul, mind and brokenness of heart and spirit. Writing or revising and editing this part of a story or novel can and often dispenses healing to the writer whose words later transmit this…