by wordsywoman | Sep 29, 2020 | Revision and Editing
Your book is finished and you’ve done all you can with it, so it’s time to get an editor. But it can be sooo expensive. You wonder, could I do it myself? You could, maybe, but you’re likely to have a much better result if you hire someone else to edit for you. Our...
by wordsywoman | Aug 11, 2020 | Revision and Editing
Using the Find and Replace function in Word can help a ton when revising and copy-editing a manuscript. It helps to ensure that you stay consistent and don’t miss correcting a frequently made error. I use it a lot to replace “. ” (period, two spaces) to “. ” (period,...
by wordsywoman | Jul 21, 2020 | Revision and Editing
In my continuing series about using the correct words in correct situations for line editing, today we tackle lay/lie and stationary/stationery. Lie vs. Lay During my final proof of Missing Emily: Croatian Life Letters, I had the hardest time with the words lie, lay,...
by wordsywoman | Jul 7, 2020 | Revision and Editing
In our continuing series, here is some advice to help you keep a couple of more confusing word pairs straight while line editing. Past vs. Passed These two words sound the same, and when my writing brain is chugging along, it sometimes forgets which of these...
by wordsywoman | Jun 30, 2020 | Revision and Editing
Carrying on from a previous grammar post regarding line editing, it’s time to examine a couple of additional word pairs that can get confusing. Premier vs. Premiere According to Dictionary.com, a premier as a noun is the grand pubah or head honcho of an organization....
by wordsywoman | Jun 23, 2020 | Revision and Editing
Does the thought of handing your writing over to a writing group to critique make you sweat with fear? Or maybe you’d like to join a writing group but you are nervous about what to say to your group-mates? If you are serious about your writing craft, you have surely...
