by Carol | May 18, 2026 | Editing and Writing, Industry Advice, Production and Publishing
Few things match the frustration of protecting a manuscript’s integrity, only to watch technology complicate the progress. I spend hours shaping the tone, pacing, and structural flow of a project, followed by the meticulous work of using my human judgment to apply The...
by Carol | May 18, 2026 | Creativity and Inspiration, Editing and Writing
At its core, a legacy memoir or autobiography is written with the primary intention of being “bequeathed” to future generations. While a standard memoir might be written to reach the general public or for commercial success, a legacy project is driven by the desire to...
by Carol | Jan 7, 2026 | Creativity and Inspiration, Editing and Writing, Industry Advice
In the buzzing digital world of content creation, a peculiar rumor has taken hold in some writing circles: the prolific use of the em dash (—) is a tell-tale sign that text has been generated or heavily edited by Artificial Intelligence. As an editor with almost three...
by Carol | Jan 1, 2018 | Editing and Writing, Marketing and Promotion, Production and Publishing
A book is produced from the words up. It’s constructed like a building with front and back, sides and interior, and with many rooms. They all need to be appropriately placed and furnished for maximum functionality and aesthetics. Covers The cover of a book is the...
by Carol | Aug 14, 2025 | Editing and Writing, Industry Advice, Production and Publishing
In traditional trade-book publishing, a manuscript progresses through several distinct stages of editing to ensure a high-quality, polished, and publishable work. These stages are typically sequential: developmental editing, copyediting, and proofreading. Authors who...
by Carol | Nov 3, 2025 | Editing and Writing, Industry Advice, Production and Publishing
Opening a Microsoft Word file that has been edited using MS Word’s track changes feature in Google Docs or Apple Pages can significantly disrupt and corrupt the formatting and advanced features due to fundamental differences between the programs. Microsoft Word,...
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