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Sensitivity Readers: An Editing Specialty Comes of Age

In June 2019, I posted an article to this blog called "Sensitivity Readers Are Not Censors." At that time, controversy was swirling...

Overwriting, the Death of Clarity

Simplicity . No matter your genre, keep your writing as straightforward and to-the-point as possible. Write to communicate, not to impress.

Smart Writers Seek Smart Editors for Their Best Work

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I want to talk about this issue of self-editing and the necessity of hiring a professional...

Coping with Critique and Criticism: Part 2

Trust is a requirement of the editor-author relationship. You must trust that I want your work to be of outstanding quality.

Coping with Critique and Criticism: Part 1

Some writers, even those who have already self-published, have never, even once, had a professional writer or editor read their work.

Sensitivity Readers Are Not Censors

Censorship, which takes many forms, means the suppression or prohibition of something. So, let’s be clear, sensitivity readers have no power