I am, admittedly, late to the party in reading this one since it was published in 2000. Joseph Ellis is a well-known historian and author and this book won the Pulitzer Prize, so I’m not going to spend time critiquing
Playing Around With Fonts
I took a break from editing today to look at fonts for the cover. I made the mistake of starting with dafont.com because they have a lot of fonts there. I mean a lot. As near as I can tell
Right For the Wrong Reasons
I spend a lot of time listening to NPR. If I’m not listening to my own music collection in the car, the radio is usually tuned to All Things Considered or Morning Edition. Some might say it’s because I’m old.
Finding Your Genre
A few weeks ago I was trying to figure out what genre my book would best fit into. Thanks to the folks on kboards, once again, for pointing me to this post by Julie Ann Dawson. It certainly took some
Book Review: Self-Editing for Fiction Writers
Someone on kboards recommended this book and since I’ve been debating whether or not to hire an editor, I thought it was probably worth a few bucks to see what the prognosis is for me editing the book myself. This