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 Q: I'm writing a short story, and I need help with a sentence. Are any of the following versions I wrote okay? 1. That resulted…

Caveat emptor! Buyer beware! Oh, I know, writers are sellers, not buyers, but we also do buy services to help us get published or to…

 One of my clients sent his manuscript last month and insisted that I return the edited version before Mercury went retrograde February 23. Thankfully for…

The Writers Network News, February 2013 edition, is set to be sent Thursday, January 30. If you haven't yet subscribed, it's not too late to…

In the Freelance Editing Network on LinkedIn, I’ve been following an interesting discussion on idioms and clichés. A Freelance Editing Network member who teaches English…

We’ve all heard nightmares about lost manuscripts. In the days of paper and typewriters, writers worried about fire. We bought fireproof safes or rented safe…

Adults usually find themselves overwhelmed by the season’s added obligations, events, and duties, on top of our already overcrowded schedules. When can a serious writer…

Here are more photos from the artist's play date mentioned in the previous blog:The lush green runway of what I've jokingly named The Woodstock International…

Many of my readers know my sister, also a writer, lives in Australia, thirteen time zones away, where their seasons are the opposite of ours.…

The Arctic chill that settled over Georgia finally cleared a little, and temperatures rose well above freezing. I was able to take a stroll in…