Posts Tagged ‘Editing’
Posted on June 16, 2009 - by Monica Valentinelli
Guest Blog Post: Brozek on Editing Anthologies
Readers, I asked Jennifer Brozek to offer a guest blog today. Jennifer is an editor, writer and a game designer who has recently done some work through Apex Books and Morrigan Books. This post is about her perspective on editing a fiction anthology. I know that many of you are looking for places to submit [...]
Posted on February 26, 2009 - by Monica Valentinelli
Lessons in Personal Branding: Day Four
In today’s tips about nurturing your personal brand, I’d like to share with you some more tips that I hope you’ll find useful to your career as a writer.
16. Try Not to Hold a Grudge
Have you ever been in a situation where another writer said something nasty about you? What about a project that you’ve [...]
Posted on August 5, 2008 - by Monica Valentinelli
Fiction Editing: the Do’s and Don’ts of Editing Professionally
Now that I have some time this week to post, I’m going to pick up where I left off when I was discussing editing. Recently, we’ve talked about what an editor does and what the difference is between content editing and copy editing. Now I’d like to talk specifically about fiction, because the fiction process [...]
Posted on June 17, 2008 - by Monica Valentinelli
Editing 101: What Does an Editor Do?
Congratulations! You’ve just finished your project or story. Now what?
Well, you’re probably going to want to read through it again, and make changes before you make your final submission.
The tendency for inexperienced authors is to either give their writing a “once-over” before they submit it or send a copy to their friend, parent, or [...]
Posted on February 7, 2008 - by Monica Valentinelli
The Trouble with Over-Editing
One of the things that has afflicted my fiction writing lately, is that I’ve been editing while I write. I have a series of urban fantasy novels I’m plotting out; the novel series is dubbed, “The Violet War.” The first book, entitled “Traitor’s Masque,” is about the events leading up to a full-scale war between [...]
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