Mary Finch
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...
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Mary Finch
- Jun 30, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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Mary Finch
- Jun 29, 2022
- 3 min
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...
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Mary Finch
- Jun 13, 2022
- 3 min
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...
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Mary Finch
- Jun 1, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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Mary Finch
- May 26, 2022
- 3 min
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...
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Mary Finch
- May 12, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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Mary Finch
- Apr 27, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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Mary Finch
- Apr 18, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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