What is a copy edit and what does a copy editor need to know?

In a previous post, I wrote about the dev (developmental) editing process, during which the dev editor works with the author to shape the...

Photo from Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s blog post “Scholastic, and a Faustian Bargain.” Love in the Library is a children’s book by Maggie...

If you’re considering writing your first book, you may be wondering what you’ll need to get started and what you’ll need to keep going....

My mom’s a Puerto Rican, my dad’s a Jew , and I grew up in The Bronx. Last week on LinkedIn, Linda Espinosa Valencia reposted a TikTok of...

In 2021, I was President of the Northwest Editors Guild in Seattle. The previous year, George Floyd had been murdered in broad daylight...

This girl thought she’d made all the mistakes, until she realized she’d gained all the wisdom. Or some of it. Whether I’m editing,...

If you’re a writer of color, you know what I mean. That’s right. This room was almost entirely white — except for me and, even though I’m...

By now, every writer — and probably ever reader — knows that the publishing world has undergone a radical makeover in the last ten years...

Around the same time, I picked up a copy of “To Show and To Tell” by Phillip Lopate*. In this book, dedicated to the craft of “literary...

A Good Editor is A Writer’s Best Ally If you are not discouraged about your writing on a regular basis, you may not be trying hard...

Later, this gift also made me good at reading tarot cards. Without even thinking, I could fill in the blanks, and tease someone’s life...