by Kariss Lynch, @Kariss_Lynch You’ve edited a paragraph, a chapter, maybe a few chapters, but now your manuscript is ready to go and your editor sent you back the first …
4 Ways to Survive Self-Editing
by CJ Myerly, @mdippedinink My son curls into my side, a sheet of stickers in his lap as our preacher speaks. He points to a sticker. I peel it off, and …
Line Edits: Taking Your Novel from Mediocre to Marvelous
by Rachel D. Russell, @RDRussellWrites I recently completed my first line edits on a manuscript. I won’t even venture a guess as to how my editor’s mind can keep track of all …
Prepare to Prune Your Manuscript
by Angela Arndt, @aearndt Replicating Childhood Summers My childhood summers revolved around the scent of my neighbor’s gardenia bush. It shaded the porch swing where we’d congregate each afternoon, hot and exhausted. …
Six Ways to Improve a Sentence
by Christina Miller, @CLMillerbooks We all want our readers to fly through the pages of our books without awkward or confusing lines to slow them down. Often, we accomplish this …