Category: Editing
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Last year, I had the privilege of editing a spiritual/historical fiction novel by young author Chaker Khazzal. He contacted me last week to discuss editing an article he’s doing for the Huffington Post about Syria. I won’t lie, for your average American like me, Syria is about the equivalent of a swear word based on…
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I was invited to apply for an editing job a few days ago, and the first question asked was “Are you an editing ninja?” Hmmmm. I haven’t known a lot of ninjas in my days on earth, in fact, I can’t say I’ve ever met one. My best friend growing up once bought Chinese ninja…
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About 15 years ago, every man and woman who worked for a newspaper started being told by management that the Internet was the Devil; that we would all lose our jobs because of its freedom of information distribution, and that a degree in Journalism would be worth less than the paper it was printed on…
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Just in time for Halloween, I recently got to work on a tremendous book by author Matt Bevilacqua all about the amazing cinematic age of horror and monster movies that encompassed the 1930s in the US. The book is called “All Godless Here: The Golden Age of Horror, 1930-1939” and really took me back to…
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As my wife will all too readily tell you, there’s a lot of subjects I know nothing about – fashion, making lists, not being a moron, etc. One of my favorite common themes in being a freelancer is getting to take part in projects concerning subjects I know nothing about, and finding them so remarkably…
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One of the greatest upsides of freelancing is that you can spot a job listing, inquire about it, get interviewed be hired, and start working on really cool, high-level projects within a matter of hours. One of the worst downsides of freelancing is that it can all be over in that same short period of…
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Having lived all 40 of my years in Texas, I’d reckon I’ve eaten somewhere between 500-1,000 pounds of barbecue in my lifetime. Ribs, links, sliced, chopped, barbecued baked potatoes, chicken, you name it. I’ve got my favorite restaurant (Otto’s in Houston), and my favorite sides (potato salad, corn on the cob). Today, my passion is…
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I had never heard of Flash Fiction until I was hired by budding author Jennifer Moore to edit three stories of hers that she as entering into a contest. Flash fiction can’t be any longer than 500 words, and most are shorter than that by a good bit. I wasn’t expecting much from these stories,…
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Had the chance to edit a really innovative book about digital marketing recently, called, you guessed it, Digital Bacon. Written by a really great guy named Alex Rodriguez (not the steroid-abusing New York Yankee), the Bacon is actually an acronym for how to sell your idea online. I absolutely love getting to edit books like…
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