by Zoe M. McCarthy | Dec 13, 2018 | Blogging, Writing
Today, I publish my 300th blog post. To celebrate, I share with you the major project I undertook to use many of my 300 blog posts. The project produced a resource soon to release that will help you write or get your manuscript in shape to publish. Below is the story...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Nov 29, 2018 | Writing
Editing programs such as ProWritingAid will help you catch these problems. For most of them you can use your word processor‘s Find tool to search for the problems. Problem 1: A character is going to do an action. Examples: He was going to make retribution. Better: He...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Sep 6, 2018 | Writing
I’m not talking about formatting. I’m talking about making your manuscript a pleasure for your editor to work on. There’s benefits for you too. Benefits of Clean-as-Possible Manuscripts Cleaning up grammar and smaller problems, allows your editor to concentrate on...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Mar 22, 2018 | Writing
Many writers think they’re bona fide authors when they’ve published a book. Today, anyone can publish books through CreateSpace, or the like. Others think accumulating thousands of fans shows they’ve arrived. But what about authors who have smaller followings of...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Jan 25, 2018 | Writing
My guest today is editor and author, Denise Loock. Denise shares with us one of her Boot Camp posts on redundancies. At the end of her post, you’ll find more information about her editing services and devotional books. Denise: “Never, ever use repetitive...
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