Editing and More
Working Rewards
One of the most rewarding moments as an editor is receiving a copy of a finished book from an author I worked with months ago. And it's a special treat when the book is as enjoyable as Melissa Carter's Facing Inward. If I told you a book that this is a book about...
Burning Questions
Over the past ten days, horribly destructive fires in Southern California have been in all the headlines, and friends and family from around the country have contacted me, wanting to know if we are okay. Many of them have only a rudimentary idea of where we live or...
To Onyx: A Gem of a Dog
Eleven years with a gem of a dog still doesn’t feel long enough.
Lifelong Impact
I don't think there are many people outside my family who made a bigger impact on my life than Charlie Marler, who passed away last week in Abilene, Texas. Decades after my last journalism class with him, I hear his voice in my ear when I write, and sometimes I still...
Two Decades of Remembering
I’ve been watching lots of 9/11 documentaries in the past few weeks, and the images are still searing, even 20 years later. Passenger jetliners plow directly into skyscrapers. Fireballs, plumes of smoke, bloodied pedestrians streaming out of the Twin Towers as...
Happy 1st Decade to Me!
Ten years ago this month, I first sat down to work under the (virtual) banner of eDitmore Editorial Services. I was excited and nervous, unsure if I would be able to sustain the effort for even ten months. But here I am in 2021, still tracking changes under that same...
Monday Night Lights
Most days I spend my work days in front of a computer, my workplace interactions limited to email or the occasional phone call. But on Monday, October 7, I'm going to be talking about editing to a real audience of writers. I'll be speaking to the Ventura County...
Working through Turbulence
Once again, Liz Dexter has done me a favor by featuring eDitmore Editorial Services in her “Small Business Chat Update” on her LibroEditing website. Hard to believe, but this is the seventh time I’ve participated in these chats, which Liz began to help small business...
Making Nonfiction Pay
I work with many authors who are new to publishing, and they frequently ask my advice about self-publishing or book distribution or marketing. So I am excited to have a new resource to recommend: The Nonfiction Book Publishing Plan: The Professional Guide to...
How Do You Know Whether You Need an Editor or a Ghostwriter?
I don't often use this space just to plug another person's blog, but I read a post today that struck me as too perfect to pass up. It appeared on the Gotham Ghostwriters blog, written by Josh Bernoff, a veteran writer and business consultant. The title alone is worth...