In my developmental years as an entrepreneur, I’ve been duped a time or two – in various ways and means. And, I’ve mastered a few valuable lessons along the way. To shorten your learning curve, I offer the following caveats…
I admit I get a bit miffed that so many people assume that I will drop everything, and spend several minutes to several hours reading their work, and giving them a list of things that are good and not good, and details about how they can improve their writing. Some of them are downright rude…
Oh, if I had a nickel for all of the authors over the years who have told me they didn’t think their readers would mind a few typos in their books…
While nothing beats a human editor, writers using editing software must be savvier than the technology. Otherwise, their writing may suffer…
Throughout the past decade, opportunistic editors have overrun the internet—particularly on social media and writing forums…
He has been shopping a new manuscript to traditional publishers, and said some now have verbiage in their guidelines saying that they won’t accept any manuscripts that don’t have any…
Your writing will be better if you use an editor. Here are some inexpensive (or free!) ideas for finding one…
“She replaced a lot of my writing with long, confusing words. And, to be honest, I had to look some of them up…”
While it is great to be able to write for magazines and websites, there is another category ALL freelancers should pursue: Private Clients
Where chocolate and pizza are concerned, my mantra has always been: Better too much than not enough! However, that’s not at all true for books.
