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Fiction and Style Guides

June 27, 2013

[dropcap]P[/dropcap]unctuation and grammar are tools in fiction, not rules. I’m not sure I can ever say this enough:…

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What Not To Do

What NOT to Do: BS your reader

June 20, 2013

 [dropcap]D[/dropcap]ON’T try to get by with a passing knowledge of something just because you think you know enough…

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Editing is more than a comma check

Is your editor doing the job you expect?

June 6, 2013

[dropcap]E[/dropcap]ditors can be expensive, and the quality of work you’ll get varies widely. Like anything else in life,…

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The Storyboard

September 5, 2012

I was fortunate enough to see a few panels at Comic-Con with Patrick Rothfuss (also providing me the…

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#tipsforwriters

February 23, 2012

via Twitter / @Midian42: #tipsforwriters: Just as i ….

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