What to Expect from Professional Editing by Kristin Noland
Editor Kristin Noland gently explains what to expect from professional editing. Editors are people too, there’s no need to be nervous!
Editor Kristin Noland gently explains what to expect from professional editing. Editors are people too, there’s no need to be nervous!
We explain what entails working effectively with your book designer to create the best looking book for your special project.
Good editing can make or break your manuscript, but as an indie author, Janelle Riley knows that this can’t always be in the budget. She shares when to choose self-editing and how to get started.
Novelist Keri Kruspe tells us about 3 tools she uses for writing and how they can help anyone write faster. These tools may totally change the way you plot, write, and edit your novel!
Discover how to greatly improve your manuscript with revision and feedback with these step-by-step tips in this interview with writing teacher Bonnie Johnston by Karen Ferreira.
Tighten Up Your Story’s Sagging Middle – I’m not referring to the end result of inviting Ben and Jerry over every night of the week. I’m referring to fixing your manuscript’s middle sag.
Let’s welcome back monthly columnist Catharine Bramkamp as she shares with us “Manuscript for Sale.”
At present, I find myself overwhelmed to the point of exhaustion with requests for help. Of course, it’s gratifying to be sought after for my expertise in something.
In a previous article, I explained how the whole notion of goal setting and I got off in the wrong foot. I feared the whole system of goal setting and didn’t trust myself to know what goal to set nor how to accomplish it.
Please help me welcome Martin Haworth to Writer’s Fun Zone as he shares with us “Overcoming Criticism.” Enjoy!
Let’s welcome back monthly columnist Chloe Adler as she shares with us “Finding Your Editor” Enjoy!
Please welcome author and book coach in training Carol Malone.Today she’s sharing her article regarding various ways to make book editing fun. Enjoy!
Please welcome Hugh Tipping to our Featured Q&A series at Writer’s Fun Zone. If you’d like to be considered for an interview, check out our guidelines here.
You’ve finished your book. After all the hard work, you need a great title. But writing a title is a lot different from writing a full-length novel or even a short story. Writing a title takes creativity, but it isn’t storytelling—it’s marketing. Your potential readers see a title before they see anything in chapter one, and it has to hook them. Companies spend fortunes on finding the right name for new products—names that will resonate with consumers—and so should you.
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