Editing Services for Authors of Fiction

While we were talking last week about Effect and Cause, I forgot to mention something I’d actually written down so I’d remember! So here’s the sentence. I changed it from the original, of course. I’m not here to make fun… Read More »

Let’s welcome Linda Griffin back to West of Mars! She was just here last March, which means she’s either really prolific or likes us. Or both! Her new book is called Love, Death, and the Art of Cooking, and how can you NOT love that title? Not only does it flow really well off the tongue, but it’s intriguing as all get out. Let’s learn more about it, shall we? Linda Griffin, what song makes you think of your book? “Friends and Lovers” by Gloria Loring and Carl Anderson, because… Read More »

I’ve been seeing this crop up lately, so let’s talk about how your narrative sequences things: cause and effect, or effect and cause? Need an example? Here’s one: He turned when he felt… Now, that seems like it’d work, right?… Read More »

Let’s welcome Alana Lorens back to West of Mars and the spotlight! By now, Alana’s a veteran, so let’s get right to it. Alana Lorens, what song makes you think of your book, Encounter? The various characters in ENCOUNTER are disparate, so finding one song to symbolize the entire story is not so easy. Teo and the lawyers obviously come from an upper-class cut, and they can hardly be able to empathize with the have-not illegals like Inez, running from a bad economy in Mexico, or Davi, who has made… Read More »