Category Archives: Editing & Proofreading

Why Quality Is ALL That Matters

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Marty Martins

Author Andy Hollman gave me permission to reprint this important blog entry that any writer worth the name should keep in mind.  The quality of your finished work is more important than whatever you decide to charge for it (even … Continue reading →

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Should You Hire a Professional Editor?

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Marty Martins

In a previous post, I wrote about the necessity of having your work professionally edited.  Of course, if your book has been picked up by a major publishing house, you likely will have an editor assigned to your book.  (Although … Continue reading →

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Notes on Self-Editing – Part 2

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Marty Martins

Continuing on with the notes I took while reading Evan Marshall’s book, Novel Writing, and, as before, with my comments in bold italics. Simplicity and Redundancy – Delete redundancies.  While we’re going after redundancies, can “a point in time” be banned from … Continue reading →

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Notes on Self-Editing

Posted on November 26, 2011 by Marty Martins

A while back, well before I started on The Blizzard and probably when I was starting on my Hawaiian novel, I read a book titled Novel Writing by Evan Marshall.  Self-help books targeted for the writing industry can be a … Continue reading →

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