Category Archives: Editing

On Writing: The Primrose Path to Prologue

Posted on September 21, 2017 by Polishing Your Prose

The Prologue Question: To P or not to P? Should one choose to tread the primrose path to prologue, ’tis a dalliance I wish not to rede.* As a judge for the San Diego Book Awards, I recently read about … Continue reading →

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Winner, 2017 San Diego Book Awards

Posted on June 19, 2017 by Polishing Your Prose

I am gratified to announce that I took first place in the Best Unpublished Short Story category at the San Diego Book Awards ceremony on June 10. I won with By the Light of the Moon, a story about a … Continue reading →

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The Most Pernicious Problem in Punctuation Today . . .

Posted on April 27, 2017 by Polishing Your Prose

Oops. I encountered this abomination in a motel in Bentonville, Arkansas. Lest you try to foist the blame on the Arkansas education system, Wyndham Hotel Group is headquartered in Parsippany, NJ, across the Hudson from NYC. I blame Bill Gates. … Continue reading →

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Book Review: “Charcoal Joe” by Walter Mosley; Hypnotic

Posted on December 28, 2016 by Polishing Your Prose

I love this hypnotic book, the 14th in Walter Mosley’s Easy Rawlins series—best book I’ve read in ages. Easy’s childhood friend Mouse introduces him to Rufus Tyler, a man everyone calls Charcoal Joe. Joe, for reasons unclear at the outset, … Continue reading →

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Good Yule, Good Health

Posted on December 21, 2016 by Polishing Your Prose

Good Yule (and Happy Holidaze) Waes Hael — Drinc Hael       Wishing you good health and joy in the coming new year. May you live as long as you want and never want as long as you live. ♩ ♫ … Continue reading →

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A Day in the Life: Author, Editor, and Independent Publisher

Posted on December 16, 2016 by Polishing Your Prose

A Day in the Life Presents: Author, Editor, and Independent Publisher, Larry M. Edwards Interview with yours truly by Terrie Relf, founder of the Ocean Beach Writers Networking Group. The group meets most Thursdays at Te Mana Café in San Diego’s … Continue reading →

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UK Vanity Publishers Austin Macauley & Pegasus in Horrible Bait-And-Switch

Posted on September 20, 2016 by Polishing Your Prose

Rebloggng comments of David Gaughran.

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PWSD, 9/27: “Preparing Yourself and Your Manuscript for Publication”

Posted on August 26, 2016 by Polishing Your Prose

I won’t be able to attend, but I recommend this for writers relatively new to the world of writing, editing, and publishing. I see a lot of mangled manuscripts from writers who don’t know what they don’t know. Publishers & … Continue reading →

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Ten Most Common Errors Made by Writers: #0

Posted on August 4, 2016 by Polishing Your Prose

From the Editor’s Eye The 10 Most Common Errors Made by Writers (And How to Fix Them) The eleventh of a ten-part series. #0. Extra: (A Few of) My Language Pet Peeves: Word Contortion, Distortion &  Deformation (Hoping for Reformation) … Continue reading →

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Ten Most Common Errors Made by Writers: #1

Posted on August 1, 2016 by Polishing Your Prose

From the Editor’s Eye The 10 Most Common Errors Made by Writers (And How to Fix Them) The tenth of a ten-part series. #1. Verbal Abuse: Lie Down with Lay & Related Verb Warps  Drum roll please . . . the error … Continue reading →

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