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The Blood-Red Pencil
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A group of professional editors share what they know about improving your writing and editing, both fiction and nonfiction.
- Added on: Dec 18th, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: L.J. Sellers
- Listed in: How-To Non-Fiction
- Tags: fiction nonfiction writing advice writing craft editing tips grammar and punctuation
Recent Posts
What Makes a Book Marketable? #2
A few years ago I read a novel by a favorite well-known author whose stories had always drawn me in. This particular book, however, proved to be such a disappointment that I have never bought or read another piece by this writer. Was the story memora...
What Makes a Book Marketable? #1
Since I have NO time to read books for pleasure—and haven’t had all this year—I cannot offer any recommendation for a “must-read.” However, I can comment on two different areas that have come up in recent discussions about books. The first ...
Punish the Deed by Diane Fanning
I recently got my hands on the second book in Diane Fanning’s mystery/police procedural series starring Lieutenant Lucinda Pierce. I’ve been looking forward to following Lucinda again.Lucinda is, in a lot of ways, typical of women police officers...
In Their Blood by Sharon Potts
Born into a life of privilege, Jeremy Stroeb loves freedom, loathes responsibility, and drops out of college to start backpacking across Europe. But this free-spirited drifter crashes back to brutal reality when his parents, Rachel and Daniel Stroeb,...
The Resqueth Revolution by Mark H. Phillips
Revolutions not only change worlds—they often transform flawed men into heroes.In The Resqueth Revolution, disgraced physicist Steve Marks joins a group of paranormal investigators in their violent confrontations with other-dimensional monsters tha...
Two Books That Would Make Great Gifts
Gift Book SuggestionsI recently read two books that would make great gifts for the upcoming holidays, especially for writers.One is a memoir by a political cartoonist, Jeffrey Koterba, titled Inklings. This is a funny, poignant, and interesting look ...
