The Best Stories
Fractured Scary Tales Publishing
It's not that often that NDAs or the imposed anonymity of freelancing interfaces like Fiverr and PeopleperHour don't preclude my sharing some of the work of which I am most proud with prospective and repeat clients. It is, thus, a real pleasure to discuss...
Editing vs. Proofreading
Elsewhere NY Book Editors discusses the different kinds of editing. The Harvard College Writing Center lays out the process of editing a draft. WIRED's Nick Stounton explains the cognitive processes that make it so hard to proofread your own...
How Humans and Machines Interact
A former colleague of mine at JHU, whose work and career as a curator at the Smithsonian I have been following avidly, was recently interviewed on Gridium about her research on "human factors engineering." Dr. Karafantis explains in detail how this differs from...
How to Write Historical Fiction
The unfamous can help you develop both complex characters and vibrant, evocative worlds without sending your readers off to Wikipedia to fact check every little detail.
Cures for Writer’s Block: Gilbert’s Great Solace
Because every text is different, so is every bout of writer’s block. It’s essential to have lots of curatives up your sleeve, to mix-in-match the best solution for your specific problem. Inner Criticitis Symptoms include self-doubt, delusions of incompetence and...
In lieu of “very”
Build a better vocabulary to give your writing more oomph and pizzazz! Banish the boring intensifier "very" for more vivid, more effective word choices. The frame is disabled on both mobile phones and tablets, but you can open it in a new...