Category: Editing a Novel Series

• Paperbacks and Proofreaders

  Uncommon Stock launches in paperback! We had to leap over a number of hurdles to get it out the door: beleaguered type-setters, troublesome printing companies, a little retailer known as Amazon, etc. But it’s finally here and I’m thrilled to

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• Editing a Novel: Copyediting

  Okay. Now we’ve touched on beta readers, your first line of defense against suckiness, and developmental editing, working on pacing, structure and character motivation. This episode in the Editing a Novel series focuses on copyediting.

  Copyediting is what

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• Editing a Novel: Developmental Editing

  In the first episode of the Editing a Novel Series I talked about my experience with beta readers for Uncommon Stock and how writers can maximize the utility they get out of having a small group of qualified friends give

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• Editing a Novel: beta readers

  Since last July I’ve popped my editorial cherry by going through the process for the first time with Uncommon Stock. Editing is a painstaking, and often painful, undertaking that has a very different feel from pounding out the first

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