Kia ora, First off: Thank you for the replies to last week’s question about where you are in the writing process. You’ve helped me a lot! You probably know that I offer free sample edits. I provide these so you can see what my editing style looks like before you invest in a full edit.Continue reading “Want to hang out and talk books?”
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Help shape the Base Camp Writing blog
Kia ora, I’m keeping it short and to the point this week. Which of these best describes you? I’m currently writing a travel or adventure book I haven’t started writing, but I have ideas and want to get started You can just copy and paste what applies to you and chuck that in a reply.Continue reading “Help shape the Base Camp Writing blog”
6 adventure-related updates
Kia ora, We’ve passed the halfway mark: for us in the southern hemisphere, winter solstice happened on Sunday. Longer (but colder) days ahead! Hoorah! I’m keeping it short this week with six adventure-related updates about books, movies, and gear. Got any links you want to share with me? Reply and send them my way! Cheers,DeborahContinue reading “6 adventure-related updates”
Writing a book one moment after another
Kia ora, Writing a book is hard! Do you know how many chapters that is? How many pages? How many words? It’s hours and hours of thinking and staring and typing, and thinking some more, and getting distracted and typing… But you don’t have to write it all at once. You don’t even have toContinue reading “Writing a book one moment after another”
One for the Kiwis
Kia ora, I don’t often get political in this newsletter, but my god, I cannot wait to vote out this government on November 7. I could bang on about what bollocks the coalition have been doing, but I’ll stick with a summary of the Conservation Amendment Bill this time. This bill opens up around 60%Continue reading “One for the Kiwis”
Being edited makes you a better writer
Many years ago I worked with an author on his first book. He was a journalist by training, so he knew what it was like working with a subeditor. But he’d never worked with a book editor before, nor had anything as long as a manuscript edited. He was a little nervous about what I’dContinue reading “Being edited makes you a better writer”
That time I suggested an author add a … tasteful? … joke to his story
Kia ora, That tasteful joke in the subject line. It was actually a dick joke. But I didn’t want to say it that obviously in case the spam gods banished my email. But yes, I once suggested an author add a dick joke to his story. This author had a particular writing style – self-deprecating,Continue reading “That time I suggested an author add a … tasteful? … joke to his story”
A fresh idea for dealing with a writing rut
Kia ora, Yesterday I spent the morning staring at a blank doc trying to figure out how to get a blog idea out. I had the topic, and I knew what I wanted to say, but … the thoughts were not connecting with the fingers on the keyboard. Feel familiar? I’m sure you’ve had yourContinue reading “A fresh idea for dealing with a writing rut”
My favourite writing goofs
Kia ora, Over the years, I’ve picked up all sorts of goofs in my editing work. Here are a few I remember: In each case, something stuck out to me as I read. And because of the type of person I am, I had to go fact-checking. The authors weren’t dummies for making these mistakes.Continue reading “My favourite writing goofs”
What are your favourite writing tools?
Kia ora, How do you wrangle the tens of thousands of words that go into your book? It’s easy to manage a few pages, but when you start getting into chapters and you’re scrolling and scrolling to find the spot where you want to add a detail, the whole writing thing gets a little complicated.Continue reading “What are your favourite writing tools?”