by Ali Shaw | Dec 1, 2016 | Fiction, Memoir, Tips
by Susan DeFreitas, Collaborative Editor Your mother loves your book. Your writing group loves it. Your beta readers think it’s ready for the New York Times bestseller list. Why, then, should you make the investment in developmental editing? As a collaborative editor...
by Ali Shaw | Nov 1, 2016 | Fiction, Memoir, Tips
by Olivia M. Croom, Cover and Graphic Designer How many times have you met someone and wished you had a way to give them your contact information? How many times have you met someone and thought, I bet they would really like my book? Business cards are standard for...
by Ali Shaw | Oct 1, 2016 | Fiction, Memoir, Tips
by Ali Shaw, Executive Editor “Books are the material evidence that remind us we know how to think and feel.” Lidia Yuknavitch, best-selling author and founder of Corporeal Writing, said that at last weekend’s PNBA trade show in Tacoma, Washington, and I couldn’t...
by Ali Shaw | Sep 1, 2016 | Fiction, Memoir, Tips
by Laura Garwood, Collaborative Editor Developmental editing is fun! I love reading and solving the complex problems presented by the manuscript. And often, especially once they’ve had time to process and start in, authors love receiving these edits. But at...
by Ali Shaw | Jul 1, 2016 | Fiction, Memoir, Tips
by Susan DeFreitas, Collaborative Editor Writers, beware: By the time your book is ready for proofreading, you will have read each sentence what feels like a million times. And yet, insidious errors lurk within the pages of the manuscript that you simply cannot see....
by Ali Shaw | Jun 1, 2016 | Design, Fiction, Memoir, Tips
by Olivia M. Croom, Collaborative Designer You’ve finally arrived. Your manuscript is complete, and whether you’re hiring a designer or reviewing cover concepts from a publisher, your book needs a cover. This can be daunting. No one knows your story the way you...
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