by Nicki Yowell | Jun 28, 2019 | Publishing, Tips, Writing
by Ali Shaw, Executive Editor I come from a family of artists. Drawing, painting, graphic design, music—you name the medium, and most likely someone in my family has an impressive portfolio in it. Sadly, I did not inherit their skills, but I do have a deep...
by Nicki Yowell | May 1, 2019 | Editing, Tips, Writing
by Jenn Zaczek Someone left their jacket on the bus. After reading that sentence, are you worried that the grammar police are coming to get me? It’s possible that you’re not too worried, and that’s because the use of the singular they is becoming more accepted....
by Nicki Yowell | Apr 2, 2019 | Editing, Writing
by Kristen Hall-Geisler After three weeks of waiting, your line editor finally returns your manuscript to you. The email with your edited work attached has a lovely note saying that the book is in great shape, that you really took the developmental editor’s advice to...
by Nicki Yowell | Mar 6, 2019 | Events, Publishing, Writing
Join us at Rose City Book Pub (1329 NE Fremont St.) in Portland, Oregon on Tuesday, March 26 from 8:00–11:00 p.m. for Indigo’s AWP Warm-Up. Warm up for the 2019 AWP Conference and Book Fair with members of the Indigo community. Come hear readings from some of...
by Nicki Yowell | Mar 4, 2019 | Editing, Tips, Writing
by Laura Garwood Do you know that words starting with a prefix, like mini-, over-, non-, or –, are generally closed compounds? Well, neither does your computer. Thus, if you write superpowerful, precourse, noninfrastructure, or preincident in a book manuscript,...
by Nicki Yowell | Feb 13, 2019 | Events, Fiction, Writing
Join Indigo’s Laura Garwood and other writers for happy hour and lively conversation. Sunday, February 17, 3–4:30 p.m. at Bella Bru 5038 Fair Oaks Blvd. Carmichael, CA 95608 RSVP on Meetup here. Sign up for our newsletter to stay in the loop about more writing...
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