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I’m here! But with a new focus. Beginning in 2019, my posts at Writer, Editor, Helper pivoted to address the special quandaries of creative writers: writing, formatting, styling, and publishing fiction and creative nonfiction, both traditional and indie.
Writer, Editor, Helper. I’m here to help writers every step of the way, from preparing work for submission to checking a proofreader’s scratchings. I’m ready to break the rules and throw away the stylebook when it serves the reader. (See? Still subversive!)
Beginning in 2023: Along with the usual, I’ll also share epiphanies and pain as I set out to self-publish a series of middle-grade novels.
Curious?
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Posts for Writers
- How to Start a Novel
- How to Format a Novel for Submission
- Paragraphing in Manuscripts for Submission
- Formatting Dialogue
- Formatting Text Messages in Fiction
- Can I Put an iPhone in My Novel?
- So You Wrote a Children’s Book—What’s Next?
Reviews of The Subversive Copy Editor
“Saller writes with wisdom and a great generosity of spirit. . . . An ideal complement to any style guide: practical, relentlessly supportive and full of ed-head laughs.” — Publishers Weekly | starred review
“An insider’s book to cure writers . . . while shoring up editors. . . . Good advice.” — William Safire | New York Times
“Messrs. Strunk and White will find Saller to be good company.” — Jennifer Baldarama | New York Times
“The best book on editing I’ve ever read.“ — Jonathon Owen | Arrant Pedantry
Illustration: Too Much Work, courtesy Bilboq.