Editing

Editing made easy

Okay, not easy. Easier. You’ve probably heard that reformatting your word processing page single-spaced with narrow margins (making it look more like a book page) is one way to get fresh eyes on your work-in-progress. Even better, if you have a Kindle, try the personal document feature (Send to Kindle) to examine your manuscript. A different format helps […]

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Write Better Sentences, Part 1

It’s a tedious topic among writers: Is it all right to begin a sentence with an ING word? Yes’s and No’s abound. Here’s my take. You may find some of it a little different. First, to avoid being a “dangling participle,” an ING word that starts a sentence should have, immediately after the comma, a noun or

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I love Kindle’s “Personal Documents” feature

I’ll start with our personal use of Kindle’s Personal Documents. My husband prefers to read and store important manuals and technical documents on his Kindle. If they exist on the web as word processing or PDF files, they normally can be sent successfully to Kindle. I use the personal document feature to send chapters of

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