Neil Fein

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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.

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Jun 4	comment	Is this typical for the Present Simple? Have migrated this to English.
Jun 3	comment	HTML Formatting for ebook Is there something wrong with the output you achieved using this procedure?
Jun 2	comment	How to better describe “jet-black (pitch-black) darkness”? Questions asking to rephrase a single sentence are off-topic on this site. Can you make this about a larger piece of writing? Edit: On the other hand this is also a translation question, and has merit on that basis.
May 29	comment	Do empty pages need a number? To clarify: Is this book a work of fiction or non-fiction? If the latter, please give us some detail about the kind of book. (Academic discipline if any, style guide followed, etc.)
May 29	comment	Do empty pages need a number? What one book does isn't really representative.
May 28	comment	Writing style — comma, period and re-referring the object of the first sentence again as subject in second sentence As per our FAQ, grammar is off-topic here. Also, questions looking to critique very small pieces of text are clearly off-topic. Closing.
May 28	comment	How should I begin my research for my Military Fiction? To the close-voter: This question may be on topic, as per this community decision in meta - but it's a very close thing. (Just have a look at the vote counts.) Anyone voting to close this, please make sure you vote on this meta thread to make this decision more clear-cut.
May 28	comment	Format + Editor for book writing Would you care to expand on why? This is really more of an comment than answer as it is now.
May 22	comment	What do you do if you enjoy writing, but have no ideas? Okay, with that in mind, the answers by Matt and Dale look to be particularly good. While this could be said to be a particularly chatty question, it's an important one for writers.
May 19	comment	Forming a tagline for customers, drivers and software Requests to rephrase a single sentence are off-topic on this site. Can anyone think of how this could be edited into something on-topic?
May 15	comment	Best Grammar checking software @SF. - That answer is probably why this question is still open.
May 14	comment	Mashery vs. Apigee Welcome to Writers! Thanks for the answer, even though you can't cover both sides. If anyone can comment on the Apigee side of things, perhaps we can edit that information into this answer?
May 13	comment	Where to find editors to hire for tech blog? There are several users who frequent this site who are editors. Some of them have experience editing blogs and can be contacted via their profiles. cough cough
May 12	comment	What do you do if you enjoy writing, but have no ideas? What, exactly are you looking fo find out? How to keep writing when you're blocked? How to stay productive? Are you looking for exercises? Because the question here is a bit vague. There's some good advice in the answers, but is any of it what you're looking for?
May 11	comment	Do episodes of the show House follow a constant structural pattern? Reminds me of this.
May 10	comment	Do episodes of the show House follow a constant structural pattern? Jeff, welcome to Writers!
May 10	comment	What is the term for an accessible character that knows nothing? Welcome to Writers! I've added a short excerpt to this answer from the link you provided. (This isn't an answer that's just a link, but URLs can change over time.)
May 9	comment	Fan-fiction and legalities [copyright etc.] This answer is conflating trademarks and copyrights. You can't copyright a trade name, but you can trademark it.
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.)