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Editing January 26, 2012

Top 5 Questions About Editing (Answered by a Former Editor)

I’m often surprised by how much confusion there is around editing in the world of writers. Not only is there occasionally animosity between writers and editors (editors make suggestions to change our work, after all), but there also seems to be a distinct lack of clarity when it comes to exactly what it is that [...]

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Editing, Writing October 29, 2011

5 Grammar Resources to Keep Your Skills Top-Notch

Last week I sent an email to a co-worker with a typo in the subject line, and she gleefully let me know about it the next time we spoke on the phone: Co-worker: “I love it when you make typos.” Me: “What?! Why?” Co-worker: “Because, you’re an editor and you make typos. It makes me [...]

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Editing, Guest Posters, Reading, Writing October 9, 2011

Advice for Aspiring Authors from Susan M. Toy

I am super-excited to introduce you to my friend and fellow book addict, Susan M. Toy. Susan has worked in the publishing industry since 1978, starting as a bookseller and moving on to become an award-winning publishing sales rep, a literacy teacher, and now a writer and promoter through her own company, Alberta Books Canada. [...]

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Editing, Social Media, Writing October 1, 2011

LinkedIn: A Surprisingly Useful & Oft Overlooked Tool for Writers & Editors

When I meet with other writers and editors, we often talk about the merits of Twitter and Facebook as tools to help our careers, but LinkedIn rarely (if ever) enters the conversation. I have been using LinkedIn more and more for my freelance writing and editing business, so thought I’d share the three LinkedIn features [...]

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Editing, Writing August 6, 2011

Editing and My Love for the Semicolon

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been editing (and editing, and editing, and editing) two short stories that I plan to submit to a journal. For my final two passes this week I focused exclusively on polishing my grammar and punctuation to perfection, and discovered something strange: I go through punctuation phases. Does this happen [...]

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Book Reviews February 2, 2012

Island in the Clouds: New eBook by Susan M. Toy

A dear friend of mine, Susan M. Toy, just launched her eBook, Island in the Clouds. I was lucky enough [...]

Posts of the Week February 1, 2012

Favourite Posts of the Week (Feb 2012)

I don’t know if it’s the fresh new year, or simply coincidence, but I have run across a plethora of [...]

Editing January 26, 2012

Top 5 Questions About Editing (Answered by a Former Editor)

I’m often surprised by how much confusion there is around editing in the world of writers. Not only is there [...]

Writing January 9, 2012

First Story Published: Full of Crow Quarterly Fiction

I’m very excited (and a bit nervous) to let you know that one of my short stories has been published [...]

Creativity January 1, 2012

My Single New Year’s Resolution

Happy New Year! I hope you had a fantastic holiday that included some rest and relaxation and lots of family [...]

Reading December 13, 2011

Where’s Your Favourite Place to Read?

Just a quick post today as I’m mired in holiday preparations and celebrations as I am sure some (many?) of [...]