Have you always wanted to write a book?
After twelve years of posting advice for copyeditors and writers, The Subversive Copy Editor blog will soon come to an end. If you’re a loyal reader, thank you sincerely for your presence here. Without you, there would have been no blog.
If you enjoy the blog, please consider signing up for my free Writer, Editor, Helper email newsletter, beginning in 2023.
In a change of focus, the newsletter will be of special interest to aspiring and experienced writers who crave support through the writing and publishing process, whether traditional or indie, from preparing work for submission to checking a proofreader’s scratches. As always, I’m ready to break the rules and throw away the stylebook when it serves the reader.
I’ll share epiphanies and pain as I myself begin moving through the steps of self-publishing my middle-grade novels. I’m already learning a lot! I’ll make the mistakes so you don’t have to.
My newsletters will include
- Helpful, hopeful news
- Self-editing tips from a pro copyeditor
- Opportunities to announce your new books
- Answers to your questions about writing and publishing
- Fun, random stuff
- Things I learn as I begin self-publishing
- Tips for writers
I’m also still on Facebook, where I hope to encourage newsletter readers to meet each other and discuss their own writing and publishing questions and experience. Follow my page to join the conversation.
Meanwhile, my blog archive will remain available. Here are some evergreen posts especially for writers:
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.
