Be a Better Writer--ASK AN EDITOR/WRITER/Etc.
Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 12:06 am
Well, I've had a weekend full of granddaughter fun, so I didn't have the time I needed to prepare the next lesson on sentence structures. So I'm going to throw it wide open this week, and encourage you to ask me a question in any of my several capacities:
1. I'm an EDITOR--what would you like to ask about professional editing?
2. I'm a WRITER--for several years, I wrote well-received Writing Challenge entries, and I've also blogged extensively. Questions about the art of writing?
3. I'm a READER--I've read extensively in several genres (mostly fiction, mostly secular, although not exclusively). Anything you'd like to know from a reader's point of view? Questions about literature?
4. I'm a retired ENGLISH TEACHER and amateur GRAMMARIST--plenty of answers for those pesky grammar questions.
5. I've spent many years as a CHALLENGE JUDGE--what would you like to know about that process?
6. It's not the usual scope of this column, but if you'd like to ask questions just to get to know ME better, you can do that, too. Here are some of my passions: granddaughters, travel, words and word play, puzzles and games, social media, peace and justice, retirement, disability awareness (I have many family members with various disabilities), depression awareness (see previous), a kinder and gentler Christianity.
7. Here's what I can't answer: anything about AGENTS or PUBLISHING--just not within the scope of my knowledge. And if it's a complicated GRAMMAR question, I may take a day or two to get back to you--I'll have to research it, and even then, I may be wrong.
Whatever you want to ask--I'll give it a shot. Next week--back to sentences!
1. I'm an EDITOR--what would you like to ask about professional editing?
2. I'm a WRITER--for several years, I wrote well-received Writing Challenge entries, and I've also blogged extensively. Questions about the art of writing?
3. I'm a READER--I've read extensively in several genres (mostly fiction, mostly secular, although not exclusively). Anything you'd like to know from a reader's point of view? Questions about literature?
4. I'm a retired ENGLISH TEACHER and amateur GRAMMARIST--plenty of answers for those pesky grammar questions.
5. I've spent many years as a CHALLENGE JUDGE--what would you like to know about that process?
6. It's not the usual scope of this column, but if you'd like to ask questions just to get to know ME better, you can do that, too. Here are some of my passions: granddaughters, travel, words and word play, puzzles and games, social media, peace and justice, retirement, disability awareness (I have many family members with various disabilities), depression awareness (see previous), a kinder and gentler Christianity.
7. Here's what I can't answer: anything about AGENTS or PUBLISHING--just not within the scope of my knowledge. And if it's a complicated GRAMMAR question, I may take a day or two to get back to you--I'll have to research it, and even then, I may be wrong.
Whatever you want to ask--I'll give it a shot. Next week--back to sentences!