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Dec 12, 2020
4 min

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...

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Trish Lockard

Mar 14, 2020
3 min

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.

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Smart Writers Seek Smart Editors for Their Best Work

Trish Lockard

Oct 7, 2019
3 min

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...

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Coping with Critique and Criticism: Part 2

Trish Lockard

Sep 11, 2019
4 min

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.

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Coping with Critique and Criticism: Part 1

Trish Lockard

Aug 31, 2019
3 min

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.

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Trish Lockard

Jun 8, 2019
4 min

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

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