Are you ready to submit to agents? Or about to hit the self-publish button? I’ve been busy the last few months, getting a new website off the ground. Called TheOpeningLines.com, the site aims to give a quick professional editor’s critique … Read More
Head-hopping What is head-hopping, and why is it such a no-no? Head-hopping is the practice of jumping, in close PoV, from one person’s point of view to another. It differs from an omniscient point of view by means of narrative … Read More
The topic of filter words came up in conversation with an author recently. What are filter words? Are they a bad thing? Point of View It’s a question of Point of View (PoV). Modern writers are generally encouraged to write … Read More
If I’m self-publishing, should I hire a professional editor to look at my book? Or can I rely on a well-read relative or friend to do the job for nothing? For authors who are self-publishing, this question is as perennial … Read More
Amateur writers ask one question a lot when I’m doing my pro bono work over on Amazon Kindle’s writeon site. Why is there so much emphasis placed, by developmental editors such as myself, on the opening few pages of a … Read More
