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Multiple Narrators, One Story, No Sweat!

You can find it in fiction, non-fiction, even in cookbooks: more than one person narrating different portions of the book to offer various perspectives, beliefs and even manners of speaking (or writing in this case). If an author were interested in utilizing multiple narrators in his/her story, there needs to be considerations made to display […]

Commonly Misused Words—and How to Avoid Them

Filed in Ask the Editor, Writing Tips by Amy Sleper on May 8, 2017 • 2 Comments

We’ve all been there, whether we’re thumb-typing a text (curse you, autocorrect!), drafting a resume, or sending an email to our boss: after hitting “send” we realize we’ve misusing a word that has a doppelganger with a completely different meaning. Just as this happens regularly in everyday communication, commonly misused words regularly litter the pages […]

How to Pick the Right Title for Your Book

Filed in Ask the Editor, Marketing Your Book, Writing Tips by Amy Sleper on April 25, 2017 • 2 Comments

The moment has finally arrived: you’ve finished writing the book you’ve dreamed of and labored over devotedly. Now the time has come to brand it with a title and send it out into the world. But what will you call it? How can just a few words embody everything about your glorious book? Fear not, […]

Grammatical Gray Areas: Subject-Complement Agreement

Filed in Ask the Editor, Writing Tips by Amy Sleper on March 22, 2017 • 0 Comments

Celebrating National Grammar Day and National Proofreading Day March is a month that calls for grammar nerds—like us—to celebrate. After all, March 4 is National Grammar Day, and March 8 is National Proofreading Day. On days like these, authors, editors, and proofreaders finally get the respect we deserve! (Oddly enough, I’m still waiting for my […]