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Blog Maintenance for Beginners

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April 29, 2014 Steve Meredith6 Comments

Should indie writers hire an editor?

A big subject in the indie/self-publishing world, the general consensus is that you should hire an editor to look at your work much the same as if you had been taken on by a “proper” publishing house. Before thinking whether to hire an editor or not, every indie writer and self-publisher should ask some searching… Read More Should indie writers hire an editor?

February 4, 2012 Steve Meredith8 Comments

Invaluable editing tips by Marti McKenna

Marti McKenna is a writer/editor living and working in Seattle, Washington. Her short fiction has appeared in Tomorrow magazine and More Amazing Stories anthology. A 22-year computer game industry vet, she’s currently busy managing the Writing Team at En Masse Entertainment and writing an urban fantasy YA novel. I tend to be a fairly seat-of-the-pants… Read More Invaluable editing tips by Marti McKenna

December 30, 2010 Steve Meredith2 Comments

Writers need an editor

So you’ve written a novel, have you? Really? Have you? And there it sits: you’ve printed it out, 400 or so pages of “finished” manuscript. It’s a beautiful thing isn’t it? You’ve poured your heart and soul into writing this latter day Dickens classic; stayed up late, consumed generous quantities of coffee and wine in… Read More Writers need an editor

December 6, 2010 Steve Meredith6 Comments

Good copy: Trimming your prose

The other day, I found myself writing “new innovations” without thinking. I’ll be saying stuff like “very unique” next. Seems to me, I’m beginning to lose my touch. I wonder if my drink-induced brain damage is beginning to take effect. Or maybe I’m writing too much. I nearly wrote “just writing” then. I have a… Read More Good copy: Trimming your prose

August 9, 2009 Steve MeredithLeave a comment

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