Does Editing a Manuscript Help Get it Published? Part 5 of 12
I have a funny computer today. So this will be short and sweet, as I need to take this computer to the doctor. Until then I will do my best. I’m of the firm belief that writing and editing one…
Does Editing a Manuscript help get it Published? Part 4 of 12
My biggest statement for today is: Love/Hate Computers. My beloved little piece of hardware didn’t want to work all morning, perhaps it is to hot and it simply wanted to sleep. Whatever the reason… The update is late. The post…
Does Editing a Manuscript Get it Published? Part 3 of 12
Editing is a fine art and one that doesn’t take talent, but hard work. A lot of hard work. This means simply put, that you rip apart whatever you wrote in a first draft and rewrite it, making it better.…
Does Editing a Manuscript help get it Published? Part 2 of 12
I mentioned mentors in my last post. So this post I’ll talk about mentors and mentoring. I know a lot of people commented, and at the end of this post, I’ll share some of the best blogs I’ve found, and…
Does Editing a Manuscript get it Published? Part 1 of 12
I can say the answer is both yes and no. There can be to much of a good thing. Editing is a vital part to publishing, in fact it is unusual for a manuscript to get several edits from several…
Editing and Publishing books
I’ll be listing my five favorite books on editing and publishing, but I want your comments: Can you name your five favorite books that help you with editing? My most preferred editing book is a tiny little grey book, Elements…
Is Fiction A Type of Fabrication? Part 10 of 10
To all those who just joined us welcome. This is the last of the ten part series, and it’s been fun. Feel free to add comments to the posts. If you’re looking for the email that began this series, please…
Is Fiction a Type of Fabrication? Part 9 of 10
To those of you who just came, welcome. Feel free to leave a comment, if you are wondering what this series is about, check out part one which has the email that started this series. This series is almost complete,…