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A few articles on writing and editing from my blog:

  • Editing - the final checks
    After the spell check, what next? Check your manuscript for overuse of certain words and sentence structure variability using Word's tools.

  • Working on the copyedited manuscript
    After 12 years in the publishing industry, I finally found myself on the other side of the red pen. Here's how I worked through the copyedited manuscript for Song of Scarabaeus.

  • Apostrophe and belonging to
    The three things you need to know in order to master the possessive.

  • Text dashes
    Hyphens, en-dashes, em-dashes, spaced or unspaced... confused?

  • How I got my agent
    There are many routes to becoming a published author. Assuming you've written a publishable manuscript, getting a good agent brings you nine-tenths of the way there.

  • Perfecting the pitch
    A quick synopsis of agent Kristin Nelson's workshop.

UPDATED 13 MARCH 2010