Featured Author: Susan Reinhardt
Welcome to September! As we wrap up summer, I'd like to introduce you to fellow ACFW writer Susan Reinhardt. -- Please tell us a little about yourself: Hi, Karin! Thanks for having me on your blog. I've been writing for many years, but never thought of myself as a writer [...]
Edit Me: That, and Other Such Nonsense
Photo Credit It's come to my attention, certain words are taboo in writing. As I studied the art of writing, people pointed out "weasel words." Okay, that was a test. How did you like the previous sentence - does it make sense? Is it to the point? What [...]
Marketing Your Editing Services
Feast or famine. I've heard about that before - you're either overbooked with work, or you can't pay a person to hire you. People have Photo Credit been telling these stories for years, but the phenomenon eludes me. It's not that I don't have the qualifications to edit [...]
Writing When It’s not “Right” by Emilie Hendryx
I work a full-time job and it has nothing to do with my writing. The complications that this brings to my writing are immense. If you are fueled by a passion for the written word and laugh in the face of “free time” because, let’s be honest, who really has [...]
Edit Me: Coloring for the Visual Learner
Photo Credit Whether editing your own work or someone else's, it's important to not just mark/correct mistakes, but to also highlight a writer's weaknesses. Mistakes are those errors that everyone makes - typos, misplaced punctuation, and occasional misuse of they're/their/there. These are quick fixes. Weaknesses, however, are consistent [...]