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A freelance editor, I specialize in fiction but I've worked on non-fiction as well as web copy, corporate literature, and non-profit materials. I also edit and write for the group blog Magnificent Nose, which covers many topics but gravitates towards articles about writing and reading.

I'm also a lyricist; a guitarist for the band Baroque & Hungry; and I'm a touring cyclist.


May
8
revised When self publishing, are there benefits to making a company to represent your books? Is that then a publishing house?
Title, phrasing
May
7
comment Words for Sounds in Screenplay
This has the added benefit of telling a sound designer what sound to reproduce, rather than having then guess what kaboooom means.
May
7
comment My Reviews for Free Books?
@LaurenIpsum - Voting to close is a good thing; I wish more people did it so the mods can lay back more! People can also flag a question as spam if they think the question is self-promotional with no other merit. (Not the case here.)
May
7
revised Is it possible my book could be taken off-line for sale if there is a cease and desist letter?
edited tags
May
7
comment My Reviews for Free Books?
Lindsay, welcome to Writers. I'm not sure why someone voted to close this as off-topic; book reviewing is a type of writing and seems perfectly on-topic to me. However, I can see people wanting to close this as a list question: List questions will produce a potentially limitless list, a situation where it's not possible for anyone to write a canonical answer to the question. I've edited this so it's not asking for actual sites, and is asking how to identify sources of books to review.
May
7
revised My Reviews for Free Books?
added 8 characters in body
May
7
revised What book review sites allow authors to send a copy of their books for reviews?
Order of sentences changed to make the main point more obvious
May
7
revised What are some online guides for starting writers?
edited tags
May
7
revised How to advertise a free e-book?
edited tags
May
7
revised Is it strange if a novel starts the first chapter without one of main characters?
Spelling of an important term
May
7
comment What book review sites allow authors to send a copy of their books for reviews?
Please note that this question has been retained for historical reasons, and shouldn't be considered a typical example of a constructive question for this site.
May
7
reviewed Reject suggested edit on Does writing in a certain mood change how a writer writes?
May
6
revised How to format dialogue with an embedded long monologue
Title, phrasing
May
6
revised Chopped sentences with too many conjunction, and repeating the subject again and again
edited tags
May
6
revised Chopped sentences with too many conjunction, and repeating the subject again and again
Grammar, phrasing
May
6
comment Chopped sentences with too many conjunction, and repeating the subject again and again
This is, on the surface, a request to rephrase a single sentence, and the community has decided that these are off-topic. However, looking more closely, the question is more about a general trend, and uses a particular sentence as an example.
May
4
revised How to cite a Terms of Service in APA style
Formatting, title
May
4
comment How to cite a Terms of Service in APA style
Welcome to Writers! Just to clarify: A plagiarism checker is telling you that quoting this paragraph is plagiarism? That's an entirely separate issue, and it may be worthwhile for you to open a separate question on this. In the meantime, this page may be of help.
May
4
revised How to cite a Terms of Service in APA style
edited tags
May
4
comment New digital ways of presenting a novel in 2011?
You have answered six questions here, all of them with links to your website. While these answers are all appropriate, and you've disclosed your affiliation to the site, perhaps you want to answer something that doesn't have to do with your site? At this point in time, you've posted nothing but answers that are marketing for Fablelane.