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by Word Alive Press
So you’ve finished your book, perhaps you’ve hired an editor to help polish it up, and now you’re ready to start submitting it to publishers. To do...
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by Word Alive Press
Artists in general, and new writers in particular, spend a lot of time worrying about protecting their copyright. And a lot of that worry is unne...
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by Word Alive Press
If you’ve ever worked with a professional editor, there’s a good chance you got back a manuscript with half of your adverbs flagged. Indeed, this...
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by Word Alive Press
Many years ago, I had an editing client who was unhappy with my work. That’s putting it mildly. The editing relationship ended abruptly, the clie...
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by Word Alive Press
Have you ever experienced creative burnout? Maybe you’re feeling it right now. Once burnout sets in, it can last for weeks, months… even years. F...
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by Word Alive Press
I laboured for many solitary years behind my keyboard, writing as much as possible without bothering to check in with the outside world. I don’t ...
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by Word Alive Press
While this blog was originally published in 2015, it perfectly fits the bill for our special series that unpacks the criteria we consider when eval...
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by Word Alive Press
I meet with aspiring authors all the time—over coffee, over lunch, wherever happens to be convenient—and just let the conversation flow. These co...
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by Word Alive Press
Proofreading your own manuscript can be a daunting task, and yet it’s something all of us writers have to do at some point. We’ve all had that fe...
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by Word Alive Press
After fifteen years of working with writers, I’ve developed a pretty good sense of the sorts of things they struggle with. Novelists, in particul...
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by Word Alive Press
Have you ever been told by an editor, fellow author, or reader that you overuse the passive voice, or misuse it entirely? It certainly happened t...
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by Word Alive Press
Music touches us at a deep level. When you turn on a favourite song, your head will bob up and down, your feet will start to tap, your heart rate...
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