DISCLAIMER: This post is meant to be humorous and in no way constitutes actual editing rules to live by (well, maybe a few). I just thought I’d put something together to make you laugh at my expense during my final edit of The Vampyre Prophecy. So, go forth, laugh, enjoy, COMMENT. I swear, it’s like I’d have… Continue reading Rules of Editing – Part III
Category: Editing Tip of the Week
Rules of Editing – Part II
I thought we'd just have fun with this one, since I haven't been really editing because I had to dig myself out from the pile of homework that took me 10 freakin' hours to get through on Friday. The only editing I've done recently is a copy edit for author Shannon Mayer. It's a totally… Continue reading Rules of Editing – Part II
Rules of Editing – Part I
DISCLAIMER: This post is meant to be humorous and in no way constitutes actual editing rules to live by (well, maybe a few). I just thought I'd put something together to make you laugh at my expense during my final edit of The Vampyre Prophecy. So, go forth, laugh, enjoy, COMMENT. I swear, it's like… Continue reading Rules of Editing – Part I
Spelling – 27 August 2012
Jinxie delves into the wonderful world of spelling for you, and gives you some commonly misspelled and misused words.
Tale vs. Short Story – 13 Aug 2012
This week's Writing/Editing tip will be very short because I'd just like to share two very basic things with you that I learned in my literary criticism class a while back. These are also things I really need to remember, so I'm hoping that by writing them down, they'll stick. Hey, I can dream!
Writing/Editing Tip of the Week – Passive Voice
Since the spammers are being stupid now and only leaving me comments with links, which I won't EVER approve OR discuss outside of this sentence due to their subject matter (things best left for erotic tales and little blue pills), I will now have to switch topics. So there will be no more Spam Comment… Continue reading Writing/Editing Tip of the Week – Passive Voice
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