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 …
4 Lessons I Learned From my First Macro-edit
by Rachel D. Russell, @RDRussellWrites One-hundred and seventeen days from start to finish, I turned in my manuscript. I waited with both eager anticipation and a little anxiety for it to return …
Bite-Size Edits to the Rescue
by Michelle Sass Aleckson, @Jesses_girl4evr Fine. I admit it. I’m a messy writer. Anyone who reads my first draft will wonder how I ever thought I could write. But for me, that …
The Worst English Word
by Peter Leavell, @PeterLeavell Words are the best. I love the way the word blasphemy sounds. Yet, there are words in the English language that make us cringe. Moist Pustule …