Writing 101: Memoirs and Holidays
Holidays with family and friends can be the perfect time to observe people, retell family stories, and share (or at least compare)...
Editing 101: When Editors and Authors Collide
One of the strange things about working as a freelance editor in the digital world is that you seldom (if ever) meet the authors you're...
Editing 101: If the Shoe *Doesn't* Fit
I saw something posted on social media, recently, that asked "If Cinderella's shoe was a perfect fit, why did it fall off?" It's an...
Bad, Spellcheck! Bad! (aka sleeping on the job)
I've been working on a manuscript for the past few weeks that has had some, shall we say, "challenges" when it comes to punctuation....
Editing 101: I Am Not a "That" (and neither are you)
All of us have our pet peeves. They range from "people who drive slowly in the fast lane" to "flowers that only bloom during the one week...
Editing 101: The Musicality of Words
I truly love how words sound. I love the word serendipity, which makes me think of sudden joy. And the word ephemeral makes me...