CategoriesEditing Tips, Fiction Writing Tips Is Your House Made of Play Dough? Growing a Revision Mindset Posted on Posted onSeptember 23, 2019September 23, 2019By Elizabeth House of Play Dough Imagine this: You just built a house, and you can’t wait to add the finishing touches. … Read MoreIs Your House Made of Play Dough? Growing a Revision Mindset
CategoriesEditing Tips, Fiction Writing Tips Common Query Mistakes Posted on Posted onMay 16, 2019May 16, 2019By Elizabeth As an editor for Revise & Resub’s #RevPit contest, I recently read around one hundred authors’ carefully-crafted query letters and … Read MoreCommon Query Mistakes
CategoriesEditing Tips, General Writing Tips So You Want to Be a “Real” Author? Choose Your Own Adventure. Posted on Posted onFebruary 8, 2019February 8, 2019By Elizabeth Your Quest Begins. Words have always been important to you. In your youth, you read, you dreamed, and you scribbled … Read MoreSo You Want to Be a “Real” Author? Choose Your Own Adventure.
CategoriesEditing Tips, Fiction Writing Tips Writing Strong, Flawed Characters: A Conversation Posted on Posted onOctober 3, 2017By Elizabeth I was working on who-knows-what the other night when a chat window from a friend popped up on my laptop … Read MoreWriting Strong, Flawed Characters: A Conversation
CategoriesEditing Tips 5 Tips for a Great Relationship with your Freelance Editor (MS Editors post) Posted on Posted onOctober 7, 2015October 7, 2015By Elizabeth It’s important to me to form healthy relationships with my editing clients, and I’m committed to giving the attention and … Read More5 Tips for a Great Relationship with your Freelance Editor (MS Editors post)