Category: Writing

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Editing Books and Blogs Learn From My Mistakes

Blog Broken – Editing Blogs and Books – Learn From My Mistakes

Help! My blog is broken! And it’s my fault. I’ve been editing books and blogs and have failed at blog editing.

You see, I was in my Word Press admin account and I had a message that my core files had changed. One was missing and there were three that didn’t belong.

So I restored the core files. Without backing up.

Wrong. Fail.

Editing books and blogs
Don’t be a fail boat, like me.

If you’re on this website before my programmer fixes it (Please hurry!) you know it’s crud.

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5 Self Editing Tips for Authors I Used To Write My Novel

5 Self Editing Tips for Authors and Other Writers

Editing. I used to hate it. But I’ve learned to love it. I’ve changed my perspective after editing my first book, Zombie Turkeys.These 5 self editing tips I’m giving you in this blog post really made it easier for me to edit and create better writing.

I will give you a free tool below to help you with editing!

5 self editing tips
Zombie Turkeys chapter icon from Joliet Chapter

First Tip – Don’t Edit Your First Draft

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5 Microsoft Word Tips You Can Use

I’ve shared ways I use Microsoft Excel to track my business information and also how I use Excel for taxes. Now I think it’s time to tell you how I use Microsoft Word to write my novels Zombie Turkeys and My Undead Mother-in-law. You can use these  5 Microsoft Word Tips when you use Microsoft Word for school or work or even when writing a novel.

So let’s get started with 5 Microsoft Word Tips.

Tip Number 1 – Laying Out the Cover

5 Microsoft Word Tips
Laying out the cover

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