And now, a note from your friendly neighborhood editor.
Short Story: 2563 AD
“Mars tugs at the human imagination like no other planet. With a force mightier than gravity, it attracts the eye to the shimmering red presence in the clear night sky . . . ”
— John Noble Wilford, Mars Beckons
Editing: A Masterlist of Editing Resources
A masterlist of multiple resources that could be helpful for editors, copy editors, proofreaders, and even writers!
Flash Fiction: Lunch Date
“Love is a game that two can play and both win.”
— Eva Gabor
Book Review: ‘The Westing Game’ (1978)
The short: 4/5 ✦. A fantastic, well-crafted, thoughtful middle-grade mystery for readers of any age.
Flash Fiction: Tug-of-War
“What strange creatures brothers are!”
— Jane Austen
Book Review: ‘A Conjuring of Light’ (2017)
The short: 4/5 ✦. The stellar final installment of The Shades of Magic series, with beautiful writing and high levels of sass and magic.
Short Story: A Day in the Life (Memento Mori)
“People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned.”
― Saul Bellow
Editing: Perfect vs Good Enough
A great deal of copy editing is subjective, and you can get hung up for hours on a single comma placement.
Flash Fiction: Unusual
“The Cosmos is all that is or was or ever will be. Our feeblest contemplations of the Cosmos stir us — there is a tingling in the spine, a catch in the voice, a faint sensation, as if a distant memory, of falling from a height. We know we are approaching the greatest of mysteries.”
― Carl Sagan, Cosmos
