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by Word Alive Press
Let’s start with a philosophical question: Is it possible to have too much of a good thing? I think most people would say yes. Wholeheartedly. So ...
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by Word Alive Press
I am a frequent flyer at our local library. If I had a points card, I would be sporting some great library merch by now. The librarians all know me...
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by Word Alive Press
A few months back, I wrote a blog post about how writers, particularly inexperienced writers, can have a tendency to run away from themselves. Inst...
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by Word Alive Press
Before I became a book editor, I went to college with every intention of becoming a journalist. I couldn’t have asked for a better education in wri...
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by Word Alive Press
Have you ever finished reading a really great book—perhaps a classic, perhaps something written by your favourite author—and immediately felt energ...
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by Word Alive Press
Who can say why some memories come through with perfect clarity even after the passage of decades, while other memories—many of which are objective...
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by Word Alive Press
Let’s get one thing out of the way right off the bat: I have never read a book in which I didn’t spot a typo. Not one. At least not one that I can ...
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by Word Alive Press
For the last couple of months, we’ve been digging deep into what constitutes effective research, and how you can make sure you’re making smart choi...
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by Word Alive Press
Last month, we started a conversation about how to conduct good online research. We focused on a few fundamentals in terms of how to determine whet...
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by Word Alive Press
Of all the things I learned in college, there is one specific lesson in one specific class that especially stands out in my memory. At the time it ...
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by Word Alive Press
If you sign up for editing at Word Alive Press, one of the early decisions you’ll be asked to make is whether to capitalize the deity pronoun in yo...
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by Word Alive Press
For more than a decade, my editing focus at Word Alive Press has largely been on giving authors that final polish their manuscripts need to get rea...
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