What type of editing does your manuscript need? That depends on what state your manuscript is in and what kind of help you want with it.Continue Reading
If you’re reading this you either read or write and are interested in how people use words. You might be a read a lot and write a little. You might read a little and write a lot.
It doesn’t matter what you write–you can use these tips to make your second draft cleaner, more persuasive, more entertaining writing.Continue Reading
I’ve always viewed my role as that of a helper. And I like it that way.
As a communicator, a writer, and a lover of words and language, I see the world through a different lens than most. I see nuances others miss and I miss or ignore seemingly obvious things that others see.Continue Reading
I feel like Zinsser is calling me out on things. Telling me I need to do better. I need to procrastinate less. I need to motivate myself to do more. I am capable of more than I am currently doing.
I will finish On Writing Well one day.
Here are some passages from On Writing Well that I quite like (prepare yourself...I got a little carried away...):Continue Reading
A friend of a friend has an unpublished novel that has made rounds with some publishers but hasn't clinched a deal. He decided to take the risk of having some folks take a look at it and give him some feedback.
Thanks to the friend of a friend connection, I get to read this work. I'm 85 pages in and I'm loving it. Continue Reading