Crutch Words: Body Language
One of the problems I see most while editing and had to overcome when improving my own use of the writing craft, is crutch words. Filler, fluff, crutch words--they all…
Preparing Your Book for Formatting
Whether you're formatting yourself, uploading through Draft2Digital and using their autoformatting, or hiring a professional formatter, there are a few things you can do to make formatting a quick and…
Creating a Writing Bible with Airtable
I mentioned Airtable a few weeks ago among my Friday Fives: Favorite Writing Tools. I'm going to give you a little overview of how I've used Airtable to turn my…
Comma Catastrophe: Independent and Dependent Clauses
Riddle me this: When you really need one, they're nowhere to be found, but they pop up when they're not needed or wanted all the time. Comma placement is one…
Write It Wednesday: Hack Your Brain
Are you sick of looking at the same passages over and over during rewrites and self-editing? It’s always hard to catch your own mistakes, but this simple brain hack could…