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If you’ve made it through revisions and developmental or substantive editing, it’s time for copyediting. Good copyediting does not come cheap. In a recent rate survey undertaken by the Editorial [...]

You’ve written your novel! Well done! Many people sit down at their desk to write a novel and then immediately stand back up to see what’s streaming. But not you! You persevered and you’ve woven [...]

Or: Why your friends aren’t your best first readers. Beta reading is one of the services I provide, and it’s the one that most people haven’t heard of. Here’s what I tell people when they ask: A [...]

Or: How to not waste your time and money. You wrote a novel! Maybe it’s the next great American novel, maybe it’s your first foray into the writing world, maybe it’s your first contemporary [...]

You’ve written a draft of a novel and you’ve revised enough times to know that your story is pretty awesome. What other things need revision? I’ve got a list of four things to look for. When I [...]

You have finished a first draft! You’ve written a novel! Break out the smoking jacket with the patches on the sleeves. Pipe optional! What to do now, though? Maybe it was easy to write that [...]