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Before The Animals electrified it, “The House of the Rising Sun”  was a sorrowful folk ballad sung by Appalachian women and...

I started working with Jon in February 2025 when he trusted me to copy edit his collection of 12 short stories. The premise for the...

Self-publishing has cracked open doors that traditional publishing once kept firmly bolted shut. With just a few clicks, you can turn a...

There’s a special brand of existential panic reserved for authors who refresh their sales dashboard on Day 7 and discover their magnum...

Let's face it, getting a book edited can be expensive. A single pass on a 120,000-word manuscript can cost $2500. That's one pass!...

Back in the day, patrons of the arts provided artists with financial support, supplies, spaces to study and work, exposure for their...

Rather than talk about editing today, I want to introduce you to someone who is very special to me. I first met Harpur Diggins some 15...

The answer to this question is, "As long as it needs to be to tell the story." That being said, there are some conventions that have...

I work primarily with indie authors. Many of them are first-time writers and are uncertain about what lies ahead. One of the most...

Proofreading is a much-misunderstood part of the editing process. It is, in fact, the last step in editing; a last chance to catch errors...

I'm not going to lie; the editing process can seem daunting. You have spent weeks, months, years even diligently pouring your heart and...

Life seems wont to throw curve balls my way. The past five years have been an exercise in trying to hit one in a direction that will...