In which I pass on a website and editing advice from an expert.
Editing Tricks to Get You Published by Claire Hennessy

In which I pass on a website and editing advice from an expert.
In which I celebrate creativity.
In which I explain what NaNoWriMo is and announce my participation.
In which I introduce my short (poetic) fiction.
In which the editor is not funny.
In which the patient distracts herself from dentistry with editing.
You know I’m not a writer, right? I’m an editor, a proofreader, a beta, someone good to just talk to about the structure of your article or novel. That’s my real talent. I can take something good and help make it great. I know how to say what you wanted to say, but more clearly.…
I love language. I love to read it, write it, study it, analyze it, and I love to watch it change and grow. Recently there’s been a mini-explosion of nouns made into verbs. Things like peopling and adulting. As in, “I just can’t adult today,” instead of the stodgier, “I can’t be an adult today.”…
A very short, sweet, little story about a bear, inpsired by a photo writing prompt by Wendy Larrivee.
I was just reading back on my entries here. Yeah, I know, didn't take long. My first one said I was going to figure out a focus. Yes, I almost snorted coffee through my nose, too. Focus is over-rated. And keeping me from writing. So, from now on, you lucky souls get my lovely, unfocused,…