From Rick: MS Word comes set with some really stupid defaults, at least for writers. While thy may seem good for the average person and for business, many of these defaults are counterproductive for writers, especially if you’re planning on self-publishing. When you open a new Word document, Word uses a file called Normal.dot, Normal.dotm, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
From Rick: You’ve probably heard it from many sources that writers should not edit their own books. Some of that advice comes from self-interested editors who want you to believe that in order to sell your their services. Some of it comes from editors offering sincere advice so you don’t make a huge mistake by […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
From Rick: In my editing I sometimes encounter a case where the author gets a verb’s past tense wrong. Here are three errors I’ve encountered a few times. These are incorrect: He broadcasted his location over the radio. The weatherman forecasted that it would rain today. The knight thrusted his sword into the thief. There […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
From Rick: This being a short-post week (or an off week), I have some reading material to answer this important question and, more importantly the one of whether you should seek an agent. To my way of thinking, Kris Rusch, in commenting on recent events in the world of agents, answers these questions more than […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
From Rick: Sometimes pronouns, especially the possessive ones, give us trouble, particularly when we’re dealing with a compound ones. I recently came across two issues in a manuscript I was editing. The first one represents simple pronouns confusion: (1) Children tugged at their parents, desperate to hasten their slow strides with their own enthusiasm for […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
From Rick: It constantly amazes me how Kris Rusch always puts her finger on the right button every time. I’m sure many of you are tired of hearing me tout her blog, but—seriously—she knows her stuff because she’s been at it for so long and has so much experience. Being a writer, she’s faced the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
From Rick: Next week: Scott does Part 2 of his action scenes series. For this off week, I wanted to give you a couple of articles on a topic near and dear to my heart: Editors. A few years back I did a post on good and bad editors, and last year I did one […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
From Rick: I am frequently impressed with the quality of the tutorials and information from my good friends at Reedsy.com. This week they provided me with the perfect blog topic wherein I don’t have to do anything other than introduce the topic. Point of view (POV) is perhaps one of the most misunderstood topics for […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
From Rick: When you’re ready to publish your book on Amazon, you have several decisions to make, and these decisions are different for the Kindle e-book and the CreateSpace print book. I have published several books myself and have helped several other first-time authors with their books, and the same questions always come up, so […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
From Rick: For the next several months at least, I’m going to be busy catching up on various projects, working on some overdue promised blog posts, and updating my website. I’m also looking for a newer theme for this blog since this one (which I still like very much) doesn’t support the latest database and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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