I have been accused of being an old-fashioned editor. I edit or correct grammar and punctuation the way I’ve always done it—the way I learned grammar long ago in high school. I also typically follow the AP Stylebook I had to use in college as a magazine journalism major.  I do, however, pull out other [...]

Take a break from your writing. Rest from your worries that the publishing world is going to hell in a handbag, as the old saying goes. Listen to this message. It’s well worth just over two minute of your time. I promise. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Weq_sHxghcg] Ah….don’t you feel better? Now go write your book. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Weq_sHxghcg&hl=en_US&fs=1&]

While at the  San Francisco Writers Conference last month, where I served as a volunteer, a “book doctor” and a panelist, I had the opportunity to hear several great keynote speeches. Typically I’m not too interested in the speakers at conferences; they tend to be novelists of one sort or another. They focus on the [...]