Articles & Announcements
Every month, we send a newsletter to our community featuring upcoming events as well as an article by one of our knowledgeable team members. This page chronicles the articles, but be sure to sign up for the newsletter to get them in your inbox and to be updated about events.
Standard Manuscript Format—Why Bother?
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...
read moreSeeking Collaborative Editor
Update: Position has been filled. Thank you! Collaborative Editor Indigo: Editing, Design, and More seeks an editor to join our team on a contract basis. Indigo is a firm of freelance publishing professionals that has been providing the best in publishing-related...
read moreSeeking Design/Production Assistant
Update: Position has been filled. Thank you! Design/Production Assistant Indigo: Editing, Design, and More seeks a book design and production assistant to join our team on a contract basis. Indigo is a firm of freelance publishing professionals that has been providing...
read moreIs Timing Really Everything?
Guest post by Jessie Glenn, Owner of Mindbuck Media Book Publicity With books, prerelease timing may not ensure the Nobel Prize in Literature, but it does ensure the opportunity to be absolutely positive that a book has the best possible chance at success. After all...
read moreTechnical Difficulties
If you tried to email us this weekend, we had some technical difficulties, and you may have received a bounce message. We're back up and running now, though, so feel free to email us again! Thanks for...
read moreUsing the Singular “They”—When Is It Okay?
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....
read moreWhat to Accept When You’re Accepting Your Editor’s Suggestions
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...
read moreCome See Us at AWP!
Readings! Mingling! Book fair! Classes! A huge portion of the Indigo community will be at the AWP conference next week. (AWP stands for Association of Writers and Writing Programs—I don't know why there's only one W. I know it sounds like it's for MFA programs or...
read moreAnnouncing Indigo’s AWP Warm-Up
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 our...
read moreThat Is Not the Editor You Are Looking For
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, your...
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