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The Edit

This past week I got back my first round of edits for my second book, Enterprising an Dangerous, the sequel to Worthy of Trust. Which is very exciting, but what does it look like to get edits back? What is my approach? When I get the first …

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editing, writing, writing processOctober 5, 2025October 25, 2025 By Erin

Commas, Page Numbers, and Spelling – oh My!

As mentioned in a previous post, I have been doing a lot of editing this year. Most days, it feels like all I have been doing is editing. I fall asleep thinking about edits, I dream about edits, I wake up knowing what edits I …

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editing, Oxford comma, publishing, writing4 Comments on Commas, Page Numbers, and Spelling – oh My!December 15, 2024January 11, 2025 By Erin

Finding the Right Word

Editing is not everyone’s favorite, but I happen to enjoy editing, which is good because the majority of my writing time in the past year has been spent editing. To me, editing is like a jigsaw puzzle or one of those little plastic slide puzzles …

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editing, historical fiction, word choiceSeptember 2, 2024January 11, 2025 By Erin
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