by David Colin Carr | Jan 13, 2014 | Book Reviews, Editing, Uncategorized, Writing
13 January, 2014 If you know writers who are unhappily single, be sure to pass this advice along to them. Don’t be blatant about it – you don’t want to embarrass them. Slip it under their door when you know they’re not home. Use someone else’s printer for anonymity....
by David Colin Carr | Aug 27, 2013 | Uncategorized, Writing
PLEASE DON’T MISS THE END OF THE BLOG WHERE I ASK FOR YOUR OPINION. I suspect this is going to be the first in a series of articles based on the various dances I do as I work with different clients. I don’t mean dances pejoratively. Each writer is distinctive in...
by David Colin Carr | Jul 30, 2013 | Editing, Uncategorized, Writing
I think it might be interesting to know what my feedback on a piece of writing might look like. As I work up an estimate, I often make notes about the patterns I see that will need to be revised. These might function as a guide for the writer to edit their piece...
by David Colin Carr | Jul 9, 2013 | Editing, Uncategorized
Unfortunately, the term editors is often assumed by writers with manuscripts to sell (as well as by the organizers of writers conferences) to mean acquisition editors. These are a writer’s first contact with a publishing house. Their job is to screen submissions for...
by David Colin Carr | Jun 25, 2013 | Editing, Uncategorized, Writing
After nine years in my house, I finally met my backyard neighbor (though for all those years I knew her dog’s name was Annie) because the fence that kept us invisible to each other needed to be replaced. As she went bounding up my steep yard she announced she was 92,...