Many of us aren’t aware of the many options that Word offers to help with our writing. Although I don’t profess to know what all the functionalities are on the Word ribbon, I was happy to learn about the ‘Read Aloud’ feature, also known as ‘text to speech’. My friend Marcia […]
Today I’m sharing my latest review for a wonderful book and handy reference guide I highly recommend for all writers and students – Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing by Mignon Fogarty. I’m sure we’ve all read several books on the subjects of grammar and punctuation, but this book is […]
Get Your Best Deals When Purchasing Apps and Website Services Today’s episode of Just Sayin’ focuses on how to get your best price when purchasing apps and programs to aid in your writing/editing, security and antivirus programs for your computers, and for website domains and services that apply to your websites. We see […]
Today I want to talk about a most helpful writing app I use called Prowritingaid . This is a wonderful writing/editing app which you purchase a licence for to use and then you download it into your Word program and/or your WordPress blog dashboard so the editing tools will display on your editing toolbars. The […]
Today I’m sharing a fantastic post from friend and author Marcia Meara, about a useful editing tool she’s discovered for reading our work in Natural Reader back to us aloud. Please have a look at Marcia’s post below and feel free to let us know if you’ve tried this app and what you like […]
Today’s share is a fantastic reblog from Diana Peach of Mythsofthemirror . Diana is sharing with us about the importance of the first chapter of our books, writing tips about what elements should be part of those first chapters, and her take on when the rules can be broken. Writing Chapter One – Tips I’ve […]
Had to share this wonderful post for writers from Jacqui Murray of Worddreams. Jacqui is an author/blogger and adjunct professor of integrating technology in education and every week she shares some informative writing tips. This week’s share is her 19 Tips for Self-Editing. Now that I’ve published my first novel, To Hunt a […]
Today’s reblog is from the blog of Anne R. Allen with Ruth Harris. Ruth is a succesful author and former editor sharing her expertise on everything ‘Editing’. 9 Ways Editors Can Make You Look Good…and 7 Ways They Can Make You Miserable by Ruth Harris “As a former editor, I’m biased but, as a […]
An interesting article from Phil Stamper-Halpin, written for Penguin Random House on what it takes from our books to catch an editor’s eye. The article touches on first line attention grabbers and looking for authenticity in voice. Have a read below: What Our Editors Look for on an Opening Page BY PHIL STAMPER-HALPIN|JULY, 2016 […]
Hey guys and gals, I’m guest hosting over at Sacha Black’s blog today. Sacha is overworked getting her new book ready for publication and has taken off on a leisurely long weekend to Paris for a girl time, something I could use badly! So Sacha had invited me to write a post and guest host […]
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