by Michelle | Jan 22, 2020 | A to Z Blogging challenge, Blog
N IS FOR NARRATIVE VOICE, POV, AND DISTANCE The narrative voice is the ‘voice’ of the narrator telling the story. They may be a character in your book or an external ‘know-it-all god-like’ narrator, but whichever they are, it is their ‘voice’ the reader ‘hears’, and...
by Michelle | Jul 3, 2019 | Blog
I followed the example of a couple of editor friends today and put in an application to join Reedsy (and now have a pretty little profile/online resume detailing my life – so far – as an editor). I neglected to list all the books I’ve edited, which...
by Michelle | Jul 2, 2018 | Blog, Bullet Journalling
I thought I would open my bullet journal with my yearly goals, which are pretty much the same year on year (although the real reason for writing this post so soon after the first is because my publicize (auto-post connection with social media) hasn’t been...
by Michelle | Jul 2, 2018 | Blog, Bullet Journalling
My website ‘about me’ page introduces the fact that I am a writer (unpublished), editor, and reader. I am also a geek and love software, computers, and website design… oh, and gardening when I have the time. (You can’t beat the taste of...
by Michelle | Jun 28, 2018 | Blog, Uncategorised
I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about my editing business, more specifically about how far it’s come and how far I can take it. While it has certainly come a long way from the days of offering free edits in exchange for experience and...
by Michelle | Apr 18, 2018 | A to Z Blogging challenge, Blog
M is for Movement Today’s post is about movement, namely how a character might move through a scene (from one location to another), and how a scene might move to a new location within a chapter. It will also cover the montage technique, which is commonly used in...