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Removing the Mystery: The Step-by-Step Process of Working with Embers Igniting By Madeleine Mozley If you’re interested in Embers Igniting Editing, then you’re probably wondering how the editing process works. Professional editing can be intimidating to newer authors. Even for experienced authors, finding a new editor is an undertaking. So let’s remove some of the […]

Embracing Imperfection: How to Silence Writer’s Imposter Syndrome By Melissa Burnham You sit at your computer, staring at a blank screen. There are no words—not on the page and not in your brain. How can you call yourself a writer when you have no words? You should probably just give up and get a boring

Editing 101: What is a Structural Edit? By Melissa Burnham In his book on developmental editing, Scott Norton compares fiction to a dream. The goal is to be able to read the whole book without waking up from the dream. A structural edit starts smoothing out those speedbumps that would wake your readers up. Another

What to Do with Perfectionism By Rachelle Clifford I am not a perfectionist. Really, I may be the furthest thing from one. Once I’ve achieved “good enough,” I’m ready to move on to the next task. But I think we all have a little perfectionism in us when it comes to the things we love.