In my last post, I wrote about the editorial process and why it takes so long, and I promised that the next one would be suggestions and strategies writers can use to make that process go more smoothly and, hopefully, a little bit faster. In the interim, I have finished up edits on one bigContinue reading “Help Me Help You (The Editorial Process Part 2)”
Category Archives: Editing
What Is Your Editor Doing?
… when she’s not editing your book? Like every writer I’ve ever known or heard tell of, I’m a fretful ball of nerves every time I send in a manuscript. Back in days of yore when I was writing my first books on stone tablets and had never edited anyone else in my life, IContinue reading “What Is Your Editor Doing?”
ConCarolinas 2019!
It’s that time of year again – ConCarolinas is back, and I’ll be there! I only consistently show up for one fandom and writing convention a year, and ConCarolinas in Charlotte, North Carolina, is it. And this year’s slate of guests and events is particularly excellent. The people in charge have worked their collective caboosesContinue reading “ConCarolinas 2019!”
Falstaff Crush – Romance for All
Heya Kittens – Long time no type! Regular visitors to the blog-ness know how discouraged I’ve been for a while now about the state of romance publishing. While I wish every writer nothing but the best, the wild west atmosphere created by self-publishing and fan fiction has resulted in a market flooded to glut withContinue reading “Falstaff Crush – Romance for All”
Protect Your Through Line. Be Batman.
My fiction writing teacher in college told us there are only two kinds of stories: character stories and situation stories. In a character story, the protagonist evolves over the course of the action from one thing into another—The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Rocky, and “The Ugly Duckling” are all character stories. In situation stories, theContinue reading “Protect Your Through Line. Be Batman.”
Lucy Blue Edits!
Looking through my bills for last month, it suddenly occurred to me that I really, really missed freelance fiction editing. For anyone who’s interested, here’s what I charge and how I do it and why I think I’m qualified: Proofreading: $0.005/word ($250 for a 50,000-word novel; $50 for a 10,000-word short story) I’ll read forContinue reading “Lucy Blue Edits!”
Lucy Blue Writes 