Showing posts with label editing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label editing. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 08, 2023

Tidying up a manuscript

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 This week I am in the final throes of rewrites of my latest Inspector Green novel – that final tweaking of details and wording before I sen...
Friday, March 17, 2023

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Proofing and Public Speaking By Johnny D. Boggs Yesterday was one of those days I dread. First, I had to get the final proof of a forthcomin...
Monday, October 24, 2022

It'll be alright on the edit

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 It's cold and wet here in Scotland, which is nothing unusual but still seeps into the bones like dampness into old walls. It's the ...
Wednesday, August 04, 2021

The Olympian in each of us

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 Here it is, August. Where has the time flown? In my last post, I talked about the distractions caused by summer visitors and the recent rel...
Monday, June 28, 2021

What Makes It Worthwhile

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 Today I received the first half of my advance for WHISPER ROOM to be published in 2022.  My wife watched as I opened the envelope from my a...
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Friday, April 24, 2020

Mind For Rent

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This morning I looked up all the details for Clay's Compromise of 1850. It has five parts. I forget what they are already. Also, I'm...
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Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Catching those silly words

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On Monday I sent off the revised manuscript of THE ANCIENT DEAD to my editor, well ahead of the deadline. The revisions included some subst...
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Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Old dogs in the digital age

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Lots of material for blogs here on Type M this week! I was going to skip over the politics discussion, but decided to put in my two cents&#...
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Monday, December 03, 2018

Thoughts on Rejection, Editing, and Scotch

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On October 8, I turned the manuscript for GRAVEYARD BAY in to my editor. After a set of edits with her and then a second set of edits with m...
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Monday, October 08, 2018

Finished Manuscript

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On Sunday, October 7, at a little after noon, I hit the button and sent the manuscript for Graveyard Bay to my editor, Annette Rogers, at ...
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Wednesday, September 06, 2017

Our writing tics

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Aline's post on word use got me thinking (and what a cliche that is, as if I don't usually think). We all have our pet words and ph...
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Saturday, October 22, 2016

The other side of the desk and making enemies

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As a writer, I know full well the sting of rejection. In fact, the fear of rejection is what keeps writers from putting their work out. We c...
Tuesday, June 28, 2016

The editing mania

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by Rick Blechta When I moved to Canada to finish my university education (and also live with my best girl – who is still my best girl!), ...
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Thursday, June 02, 2016

Why Writers Need Help

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I, Donis, am currently fiddling and tweaking endlessly on my twenty-ninth draft. My books are only finished when they are finally in pri...
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