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Line Editing 101
You finished your revisions and feel confident in your story, but you know your project still needs something before you can send it off...
Mary Finch
Jul 8, 20223 min read
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New Project: WHISPERS THE BLOOD by Danielle Renino
I am thrilled to announce that I will be starting a new project July first: editing Whispers the Blood by Danielle Renino! This project...
Mary Finch
Jun 30, 20222 min read
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How to Find an Editor
You have your project and you know you have taken it as far as you can on your own. The next step before publishing is bringing in an...
Mary Finch
Jun 29, 20223 min read
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Revising 101
I talked about the different types of editing in my What is Editing? post, but I thought it would be worthwhile to dive more thoroughly...
Mary Finch
Jun 13, 20223 min read
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Comma Rule #3: Around Parenthetical Info
The concept is very simple: if the information is unnecessary either to the sentence structure or to the meaning of the sentence, then...
Mary Finch
Jun 1, 20222 min read
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Why I Am Not a Writer.
In college, when my English class would do the first day of class tango of "State your name and why you are an English major," all the...
Mary Finch
May 26, 20223 min read
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Comma Rule #1: In a List
Even though this is the most straightforward rule for comma use, there is some contention about it, and it gives us a great opportunity...
Mary Finch
May 12, 20222 min read
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What is Editing?
After you put words on the page, any work you do to change those words is editing. When I teach writing, I teach the writing process with...
Mary Finch
Apr 27, 20222 min read
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Why You Shouldn't Apologize for Typos
I find it distinctly heartbreaking anytime I am messaging a new friend and I mention that I love to read or work as a copy editor or...
Mary Finch
Apr 18, 20222 min read
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