What is a training manual editor? Every once in a while a client requests editing services for a training manual, which (from my end) takes an eagle eye and specialized skill set. As a training manual editor, I look at […]
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NEED WRITING TIPS?
Of course you do! Everyone can benefit from helpful writing tips, whether you’re an emerging author or veteran novelist! Get expert advice from a book editor, ghostwriter, blogger and content developer with decades of experience. I’ve worked with many authors, many genres and many publications, and became an gatherer of tips, myself! I love sharing information and welcome your comments. I’ll keep adding nuggets of wisdom to help clients and potential clients well into the future. Perhaps you’d like to share some, yourself! These writing tips are inspired by questions from the authors who trust me with their manuscripts, as well as the magazine assignments I chase. Got questions? Ask me and I’ll do my best to answer.
Defeating Writer’s Block: Tips from an International Book Editor
As an international book editor, I’ve been asked a gazillion times (not really, but it feels like it) about writer’s block and how to defeat it. Well, there are generic well-known tips like “Read books” and “Go on a walk” […]
Editing for the Arts — Music
Editing for the arts can involve books and magazines and digital media, as well. Here’s a look back at a cover article I wrote for Cy-Fair Lifestyles & Homes magazine featuring the Cypress Republic Band — a talented group of […]
Book Editing for the Arts
Book editing and Magazine Editing for the Arts is always an Honor Writing about historic and cultural books is important, whether the print medium is books or magazines. My article in Houston Lifestyles and Homes featuring author Steven Fenberg takes […]
Memoir Editor: Why Editing Matters
A memoir editor elevates “those important moments in time.” In a previous blog, I discussed the difference between a biography and a memoir. Both are nonfiction accounts from true-life journeys. A biography spans an entire lifetime, while a memoir focuses […]
Biography Editor vs. Memoir Editor
Do You Need a Biography Editor … or a Memoir Editor? That depends on whether you’re writing about the subject’s entire lifetime, or an event in the subject’s life. Note that you may see biographies and memoirs under the same […]
Are You Looking for a Faith-Based Book Editor?
As a faith-based book editor, I work with every type of Christian literature, from Biblical texts to fiction novels to Christian apologetics to true-life stories. Some projects are more technical than others, and it’s exciting to watch an author break […]
Faith-Based Book Editing: Light Up the Darkness
I so enjoyed a faith-based book editing project entitled Light Up the Darkness by Bill Royal. This book is very much a primer written to equip Christians to defend the faith in an unfriendly social climate. Bill Royal was a […]
Screenplays
Do you want to turn your books into screenplays? Of course you do! I’m a professional screenwriter and scriptwriter, trained by none other than screenwriter John McLaughlin of Black Swan and Hitchcock fame. How do I know John McLaughlin? He […]
Mumpsimus When Writing a Novel
Mumpsimus—is there a vaccination for that? Previously, I blogged about eggcorns and mondegreens when writing a novel, and promised to follow up with other interesting words. Mumpsimus certainly qualifies, don’t you agree? While it sounds like a hideous disease, mumpsimus […]