Highlight to Success
[by Billi Joy Carson, Senior Editor/ Editing Addict] Editor Tip: Highlight to Success Every writer—no matter how strong a wordsmith—has at least one crutch word. To the author, the words remain hidden,...
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[by Billi Joy Carson, Senior Editor/ Editing Addict] Editor Tip: Market the Author If you are an author, a blogger, or a copywriter…then correct spelling, punctuation, word use, and grammar is a...
View ArticleDon’t Fear Your Editor
[by Billi Joy Carson, Senior Editor/ Editing Addict] Often, editors are presumed to do this to writers: Editors are members of your team—like coaches—wanting YOU (the author) to succeed. They are...
View ArticleAudience-Shmaudience—Write What YOU Love
[by Billi Joy Carson, Senior Editor/ Editing Addict] Editor Tip: Write What YOU Love It’s true that writers need to write to an audience. But the process is not a game of Pin the Tail on the Donkey....
View ArticleWhat Your Editor Needs From You
[by Billi Joy Carson, Senior Editor/ Editing Addict] Editor Tip: What Your Editor Needs From You Respect Your editor is going to spend weeks pouring over your manuscript. She (or he) is going to eat,...
View ArticleEditor, Not Opinionator-Terminator
[by Billi Joy Carson, Senior Editor/ Editing Addict] Editor Tip: Make Sure Your Editor Is Just That—an Editor Recently, an author contacted me about another editor she was using, and the practices,...
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