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# Castle Walls Editing

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- [Blog](https://castlewallsediting.com/blog/) - Read the Castle Walls Editing services blog for articles about editing, articles about proofreading, & articles about writing. Get tips on all of the above too!
- [Five Reasons Copyediting Takes More Time Than You Might Think](https://castlewallsediting.com/five-reasons-copyediting-takes-more-time-than-you-might-think/) - People are often surprised by the time it takes to copyedit manuscripts, probably because they have a sense of how long it takes to read a book of similar length. But copyediting does take longer—much longer—and authors and readers benefit from the hours upon hours copy editors dedicate to their craft. (This post refers largely
- [A Walk-Through of the Editing Process at Castle Walls](https://castlewallsediting.com/a-walk-through-of-the-editing-process-at-castle-walls/) - Have a manuscript that needs editing but wonder what hiring an editor entails? Let me walk you through the editing process here at Castle Walls Editing.
- [Always Learning](https://castlewallsediting.com/always-learning/) - Yesterday I lined up a trio of self-paced courses from Club Ed, run by the amazing Jennifer Lawler, a true treasure in the editing community and a fantastic teacher. I've learned a lot from Jennifer over the years, and she is one of the very best resources for anyone looking to develop their editing skills.
- [Books Edited by James Gallagher](https://castlewallsediting.com/books-edited-by-james-gallagher/) - The following is a small sample of the more than four hundred books I've edited, either through Castle Walls Editing or other editing agencies. I look forward to editing your book as well! Beneath the Frost (Star Harbor, Book 3) by Lena Hendrix (Copyedit) Dom-Com by Adriana Anders (Proofread) American Crow by Ryan Burruss
- [Surprising Connections Between Horror and Romance](https://castlewallsediting.com/surprising-connections-between-horror-and-romance/) - At first blush, horror and romance might seem as far apart as two genres can be. But on closer inspection, the genres exhibit many similarities. Beyond the story-level connections, the readerships of these two genres share a protectiveness born from the feeling others look down on their genre of choice as being of low merit,
- [Beyond Spell-Check: Ten Catches Copy Editors Make](https://castlewallsediting.com/beyond-spell-check-ten-catches-copy-editors-make/) - [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]Spell-check will fail to catch an almost unlimited number of writing miscues. In addition to spelling, copy editors address grammar, punctuation, style (hello, Chicago Manual), clarity, and consistency. The following ten items will give you some idea of what spell-check won’t catch. (Also note that I’m not addressing punctuation here and that while Word’s
- [My Webinar on Editing Horror](https://castlewallsediting.com/my-webinar-on-editing-horror/) - The recording of my webinar on editing horror is now available for purchase at Club Ed at the following link: Editing Horror with James Gallagher This one-hour webinar is for people interested in learning how to edit the horror genre. The class covers the following: What is horror? Brief history of the genre Subgenres Horror
- [Continuity, Part 1: Continuity Issues and Why They Pose Problems](https://castlewallsediting.com/continuity-part-1-continuity-issues-and-why-they-pose-problems/) - “Only by thoughtful concentration on details can fiction be satisfactorily edited.” —Words into Type [On April 4, 2025, I presented “The Case of Ever-Changing Eye Color: Tracking Continuity in Manuscripts” to a live audience at ACES 2025 in Salt Lake City. This series of posts is largely based on that presentation.] What Are Continuity Issues?
- [Castle Walls Update: New Edition of the Chicago Manual & Other News](https://castlewallsediting.com/castle-walls-update-new-edition-of-the-chicago-manual-other-news/) - This fall is full of exciting happenings in my editing world! Style alert! CMOS 18 hits the streets My appearance on Club Ed Discussions My upcoming course on editing horror My upcoming presentation for ACES VCON24 The Chicago Manual of Style releases a new edition While the Associated Press frequently updates its style guide to accommodate the fast pace
- [Scene It First with Nikki Davenport](https://castlewallsediting.com/scene-it-first-with-nikki-davenport/) - On November 15, 2023, romance author Nikki Davenport joined me for a fascinating episode of the Scene It First series, sponsored by Fictionary. In this series, I speak with bestselling, award-winning authors to talk about first scenes, share secrets of writing craft, and celebrate the stories that thrill and inspire us all. In this episode,
- [Scene It First with Carol Fisher Saller](https://castlewallsediting.com/scene-it-first-with-carol-fisher-saller/) - On January 24, 2024, writer and editor Carol Fisher Saller joined me for a lively, information-packed episode of the Scene It First series, sponsored by Fictionary. In this series, I speak with bestselling, award-winning authors to talk about first scenes, share secrets of writing craft, and celebrate the stories that thrill and inspire us all.
- [Scene It First with L. Marie Wood (Ep. 8)](https://castlewallsediting.com/scene-it-first-with-l-marie-wood-ep-8/) - On August 23, 2023, award-winning psychological horror author L. Marie Wood joined me for the eighth episode of the Scene It First series, sponsored by Fictionary. In this series, I speak with bestselling, award-winning authors to talk about first scenes, share secrets of writing craft, and celebrate the stories that thrill and inspire us all.
- [My Presentation on Copyediting for the Fictionary Loves Writers Conference](https://castlewallsediting.com/my-presentation-on-copyediting-for-the-fictionary-loves-writers-conference/) - On February 12, 2023, I was honored to present this session on copyediting at the three-day Fictionary Loves Writers Conference. In this session, I addressed the following questions: What are the levels of editing? How do you prepare for a copyedit? What is the editor's process? What do you do after the edit? Enjoy, and
- [Scene It First with Delancey Stewart, Marika Ray, Melanie Summers and Kelly Collins (Ep. 7)](https://castlewallsediting.com/scene-it-first-with-delancey-stewart-marika-ray-melanie-summers-and-kelly-collins-ep-7/) - On July 19, 2023, acclaimed romance authors Delancey Stewart, Marika Ray, Melanie Summers, and Kelly Collins joined me for the seventh episode of the Scene It First series, sponsored by Fictionary. In this series, I speak with bestselling, award-winning authors to talk about first scenes, share secrets of writing craft, and celebrate the stories that
- [A Look Back at EFACON 2023](https://castlewallsediting.com/a-look-back-at-efacon-2023/) - Attending EFACON 2023 on August 18 and 19 in Alexandria, Virginia, increased my editorial knowledge and strengthened my ties in the editorial community. I left the conference with renewed enthusiasm for my work and already look forward to future events from the Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA). In the following I discuss benefits of the conference
- [Scene It First Interview with Mary SanGiovanni (Ep. 6)](https://castlewallsediting.com/scene-it-first-interview-with-mary-sangiovanni-ep-6/) - On July 12, 2023, the queen of cosmic horror, Mary SanGiovanni, joined me for the sixth episode of the Scene It First series, sponsored by Fictionary. In this series, I speak with bestselling, award-winning authors to talk about first scenes, share secrets of writing craft, and celebrate the stories that thrill and inspire us all. In this
- [Course Review: Editing for Point of View and Perspective](https://castlewallsediting.com/course-review-editing-for-point-of-view-and-perspective/) - The self-paced Editing for Point of View and Perspective class from Club Ed delves into finer editing considerations of particular benefit to developmental editors and line editors. As with all Club Ed courses, the materials and exercises are first-rate. After having taken many quality courses from Club Ed creator Jennifer Lawler, I’d picked up this
- [Book Review: Such Kindness by Andre Dubus III](https://castlewallsediting.com/book-review-such-kindness-by-andre-dubus-iii/) - “I used to be something, I guess. But I’m trying to let go of all that.” Tom Lowe always thought everything would be all right as long as he worked hard enough. He had a wife and son, a home he’d built with his own hands, a future that seemed within reach, despite the nagging
- [Scene It First Interview with Deborah Halverson (Ep. 5)](https://castlewallsediting.com/scene-it-first-interview-with-deborah-halverson-ep-5/) - On May 24, 2023, YA author Deborah Halverson joined me for the fifth episode of the Scene It First series, sponsored by Fictionary. In this series, I speak with bestselling, award-winning authors to talk about first scenes, share secrets of writing craft, and celebrate the stories that thrill and inspire us all. In this episode,
- [Editing Is a Conversation](https://castlewallsediting.com/editing-is-a-conversation/) - Too often people view editing as a one-way service in which the editor “corrects” the author’s prose. To get the most out of the author–editor relationship, however, it’s important to remember two things: • Editing is a conversation. • Edits are suggestions. (Though general principles still apply, the following is geared toward the relationship between
- [Book Review: The Ferryman by Justin Cronin](https://castlewallsediting.com/book-review-the-ferryman-by-justin-cronin/) - Any Justin Cronin release is an event. The books of the Passage trilogy are among my favorites (oh, that first hundred pages), and The Ferryman shows the author at the top of his form with this stand-alone. His latest resonates with the motifs readers will recognize from his earlier works: falling, the wonder of stars,
- [Scene It First Interview with Marshall J. Moore (Ep. 4)](https://castlewallsediting.com/scene-it-first-interview-with-marshall-j-moore-ep-4/) - On April 26, 2023, I was thrilled to welcome fantasy author Marshall J. Moore to the fourth episode of Fictionary's Scene It First series, in which we speak with bestselling, award-winning authors to talk about first scenes, share secrets of writing craft, and celebrate the stories that thrill and inspire us all. In this episode,
- [Scene It First Interview with Rio Youers (Ep. 3)](https://castlewallsediting.com/scene-it-first-interview-with-rio-youers/) - The third episode of the Fictionary Scene It First interview series welcomed bestselling author Rio Youers on March 22, 2023. In this episode, Rio talked about his graphic adaptations (Sleeping Beauties, Refrigerator Full of Heads) and novels such as The Forgotten Girl, Halcyon, Lola on Fire, and No Second Chances. Just before the seven-minute mark,
- [Scene It First with Delancey Stewart (Ep. 2)](https://castlewallsediting.com/scene-it-first-with-delancey-stewart/) - The second episode of the Fictionary Scene It First interview series welcomed bestselling romance author Delancey Stewart on February 22, 2023. In this episode, Delancey talked about all things romance, writing strategies, and her favorite tropes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZKYMeoO8Oo Upcoming interviews can be joined live by registered members of the Fictionary community, and it’s always free to register.
- [Scene It First with Jonathan Janz (Ep. 1)](https://castlewallsediting.com/scene-it-first-with-jonathan-janz/) - The first episode of the Fictionary Scene It First interview series kicked off with my interview of horror author Jonathan Janz on January 25, 2023. Janz is one of my favorite authors, so it was a true pleasure to speak with him about his celebrated career, his upcoming works, and his insights on scene construction. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTKpGMTETj0
- [Fictionary Interview with Authenticity Reader Crystal Shelley](https://castlewallsediting.com/fictionary-interview-with-authenticity-reader-crystal-shelley/) - On April 4, 2023, I was pleased to interview authenticity reader Crystal Shelley before a live audience in the Fictionary community. I’ve long benefited from the resources Crystal produces, and I have unending respect for her and for the way she approaches her work. In this informative interview Crystal sheds light on authenticity reading and
- [Fictionary Interview with Ellen Jovin](https://castlewallsediting.com/fictionary-interview-with-ellen-jovin/) - On March 4, 2023, I had the honor of interviewing Ellen Jovin, author of Rebel with a Clause: Tales and Tips from a Roving Grammarian. In this lively discussion we talked about her adventures with the Grammar Table, her approach to language, and the wonders of the English language. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9TqcL8eH-0 Upcoming interviews can be
- [January Thanks](https://castlewallsediting.com/january-thanks/) - This January I tweeted daily thanks for helpful things in my editing world. The following tweets offer useful resources and provide insight into my editing life. I missed the first two days, so I'll send a special thanks to authors everywhere and to The Best Punctuation Book, Period from June Casagrande, with honorable mentions to
- [I'm Now a Fictionary-Certified Editor](https://castlewallsediting.com/im-now-a-fictionary-certified-editor/) - [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I’m pleased to announce that I’ve completed my Fictionary certification and am now listed among the program’s Fictionary-Certified StoryCoach Editors. The training program entailed two months of text and video lessons, biweekly Zoom calls with Fictionary founder Kristina Stanley and other members of the class, and the completion of an entire developmental edit
- [Review: “Meet Mr. Hyphen (And Put Him in His Place)”](https://castlewallsediting.com/review-meet-mr-hyphen-and-put-him-in-his-place/) - [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In a post from Merriam-Webster’s Words at Play, Mary Norris (Between You & Me) called Meet Mr. Hyphen the “best thing ever written about hyphens.” First: All hail the Comma Queen! Second: If Norris’s assessment intrigues you, then you’re probably a copy editor. I read that post years ago, and because the book was out of
- [My First Annual Report for Castle Walls Editing](https://castlewallsediting.com/my-first-annual-report-for-castle-walls-editing/) - [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I finally did it. For the first time since committing to full-time freelancing at the end of 2017, I’ve drafted an annual report for Castle Walls Editing. While the report is for my eyes only, putting it together has been tremendously helpful, and I’ve already started my 2022 report, which I’ll be updating throughout the
- [Starting an Accountability Group](https://castlewallsediting.com/starting-an-accountability-group/) - [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Even with all the advantages of freelancing (avoiding the commute, setting your own hours, protecting yourself with multiple income streams), you still might find yourself missing the kinds of discussions and professional camaraderie that come with in-office jobs. Accountability (or mastermind) groups can help, and it’s wholly within your power to start one. (I did
- [Caring for Myself Helps Me Care for Your Work](https://castlewallsediting.com/caring-for-myself-helps-me-care-for-your-work/) - Self-care helps editors edit longer and more effectively. Read on for recent ways James Gallagher has changed his editing arrangement.
- [My Appearance on Story Strategy Live](https://castlewallsediting.com/my-appearance-on-story-strategy-live/) - Recently, I was happy to appear on Story Strategy Live to discuss style guides and style sheets with Nancy Smay and Dawn Alexander of Evident Ink, an editorial agency for whom I perform guest editing. You can view the Facebook Live session by clicking here. Nancy and Dawn are fantastic hosts, and I'd
- [Training and Its Many Benefits](https://castlewallsediting.com/training-and-its-many-benefits/) - Professional associations such as the Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA) and ACES: The Society for Editing offer many resources that help editors excel in their work and run successful businesses. I particularly appreciate the access to quality training provided by these organizations, which offer courses at discounted fees to members. Courses are generally either learn-at-your-own-pace (where
- [Staying Connected during Isolation](https://castlewallsediting.com/staying-connected-during-isolation/) - Isolating in our homes during the COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly increased the amount of time we’re spending in virtual spaces for business, pleasure, and education. Before the pandemic, I had weekly meetings with clients on Google Hangouts and Skype, but since the shelter-in-place guidance I’ve seen a big increase in meetings via Zoom (not to
- [Don’t Lift the Lid! Slow Cookers and Editing](https://castlewallsediting.com/dont-lift-the-lid-slow-cookers-and-editing/) - Lifting the lid on a slow cooker, even for a second, supposedly adds thirty minutes to cooking time. In much the same way, there seems to be a disproportionate amount of time lost when an interruption takes editors out of their editing groove. If I’m editing a manuscript and have to stop to address a
- [Over 3.5 Million Words Served](https://castlewallsediting.com/over-3-5-million-words-served/) - The other day I summed the word counts on my books-edited spreadsheet and saw that in the last two years I've edited over 3.5 million words. That's a big number, the kind of number that's impossible to fully imagine. Most of the books I copy edit or proofread range from 70,000 to 100,000 words, so
- [Four on the Floor with Gwendolyn Kiste](https://castlewallsediting.com/four-on-the-floor-with-gwendolyn-kiste/) - Gwendolyn Kiste is the Bram Stoker Award–winning author of The Rust Maidens, from Trepidatio Publishing; And Her Smile Will Untether the Universe, from JournalStone; and the dark fantasy novella Pretty Marys All in a Row, from Broken Eye Books.Her short fiction has appeared in Nightmare Magazine, Black Static, Daily Science Fiction, Shimmer, Interzone, and LampLight, among others. Originally from Ohio, she now resides on an abandoned
- [Five Tools That Help My Editing Business](https://castlewallsediting.com/five-tools-that-help-my-editing-business/) - No electronic tool can match the mind of an editor when it comes to making judgments informed by training, widespread reading, on-the-job experience, and lessons shared by peers and mentors. Searching the #spellcheckcantsaveyou hashtag on Twitter, for example, will give you tweet after (often-humorous) tweet of spellchecker fails. But that doesn’t mean spellcheckers aren’t useful
- [Four on the Floor with Preston Fassel](https://castlewallsediting.com/four-on-the-floor-with-preston-fassel/) - Bio: Preston Fassel is an award-winning journalist and author whose work has appeared in Rue Morgue magazine, in Screem Magazine, and on Cinedump.com. He is the author of Remembering Vanessa, the first published biography of British horror star Vanessa Howard, printed in the spring 2014 issue of Screem Magazine. His first novel, Our Lady of the Inferno, was the recipient of the Independent Publisher
- [Four on the Floor with CD Miller](https://castlewallsediting.com/four-on-the-floor-with-cd-miller/) - Bio: CD Miller is a fantasy and horror author. Dark Heights is his first published novel, now available from Serial Box. He is hard at work on many projects, including an epic-fantasy-remix series of novels, literary superhero fiction, and a novel of character-driven, alternate-universe fantasy. James Gallagher: Who are your main influences, and how do they work their way into your fiction?CD Miller: I'll
- [Book Review: 'Because Internet' by Gretchen McCulloch](https://castlewallsediting.com/book-review-because-internet-by-gretchen-mcculloch/) - If all the cool kids on Editor Twitter are gushing over a book on language, then I should probably read it too. Because peer pressure. But also because I follow other editors for good reasons: to learn from them, to stay current on trends in the industry, to feel part of a community even while
- [Four on the Floor with Dea Poirier](https://castlewallsediting.com/four-on-the-floor-with-dea-poirier/) - I'm pleased to present the following interview with Dea Poirier. Enjoy!Bio: Dea (D.H) Poirier was raised in Edmond, Oklahoma, where she got her start writing in creative writing courses. She attended the University of Central Oklahoma for Computer Science and Political Science. Later, she spent time living on both coasts, and traveling the United States, before
- [Book Review: 'Our Lady of the Inferno' by Preston Fassel](https://castlewallsediting.com/book-review-our-lady-of-the-inferno-by-preston-fassel/) - Along with the much-anticipated rebirth of Fangoria magazine came Fangoria Presents, a publishing venture that launched with the release of 2018’s critically acclaimed Our Lady of the Inferno by Preston Fassel. With its splashy neon-pink-accented cover art and the all-but-flickering "Fangoria Presents" signage in the paperback’s upper-right corner, Our Lady has much of the same
- [Four on the Floor with Autumn Christian](https://castlewallsediting.com/four-on-the-floor-with-autumn-christian/) - "It rushed through us in huge milking waves, like the predatory gasp of the ocean." "I knew he was a barely contained scream wearing a human suit." Even out of context, those lines, from Autumn Christian's latest novel, Girl Like a Bomb, give you an idea of how adept the author is at peppering her
- [Four on the Floor with Mary SanGiovanni](https://castlewallsediting.com/four-on-the-floor-with-mary-sangiovanni/) - Mary SanGiovanni is an award-winning American horror and thriller writer of over a dozen novels, including the Hollower trilogy, Thrall, Chaos, the Kathy Ryan series, and others, as well as numerous novellas, short stories, and nonfiction.Mary is a member of the Authors Guild, the International Thriller Writers, and Pennwriters. She is a cohost on the popular podcast The
- [Editing with Word's Read Aloud Feature](https://castlewallsediting.com/editing-with-words-read-aloud-feature/) - After a publisher client suggested that all its editors try Word’s Read Aloud feature to help eliminate errors such as missing or repeated words, I decided to give it a shot. I hadn’t used the feature before and suspected I’d react badly to another voice in my head while editing. But for a last look
- [I Like the Sound of That: Reading Aloud for Writers and Editors](https://castlewallsediting.com/i-like-the-sound-of-that-reading-aloud-for-writers-and-editors/) - Reading a manuscript aloud or listening to it being read can help writers and editors identify errors of spelling, grammar, or tone that they might miss otherwise. If you want to give this a whirl, you can read the manuscript out loud yourself, have someone else read it to you, or use a text-to-speech (TTS)
- [Sign on the Dotted Line: The Editing Contract](https://castlewallsediting.com/sign-on-the-dotted-line-the-editing-contract/) - Signing a contract can be intimidating. What am I getting into here? What might be lurking in the fine print? When it comes to the author–editor relationship, contracts can reassure authors that they’ve chosen the right editor that the editor will provide the services they want that the pay and delivery schedule will meet their
- [Shh! What Do Editors Mean by 'Silent' Changes?](https://castlewallsediting.com/shh-what-do-editors-mean-by-silent-changes/) - With Word’s Track Changes turned on, every insertion or deletion an editor makes is visible to the author. Silent changes happen when the editor switches Track Changes off so that the author can’t see what’s been changed. Sounds sneaky, doesn’t it? Almost nefarious. It’s easy to imagine authors bristling at the notion. But there’s a
- [My Editing Checklist](https://castlewallsediting.com/my-editing-checklist/) - When used by doctors and air-traffic controllers, checklists save lives by ensuring that critical steps aren't missed during high-stress situations. Editing doesn't involve life-or-death stakes (usually), but checklists are still helpful for reducing complexity and lessening the burden on memory for routine tasks. Even after spending forty or more hours on a manuscript, it's easy,
- [Four on the Floor with Melissa Lason and Michelle Garza](https://castlewallsediting.com/four-on-the-floor-with-melissa-lason-and-michelle-garza/) - This Four on the Floor interview features Melissa Lason and Michelle Garza, a writing team I came across through their involvement with Silverwood: The Door (a collaboration with Brian Keene, Stephen Kozeniewski, and Richard Chizmar). Read on for their bio and and insights into horror and the writing process. Bio: Melissa Lason and Michelle
- [I Like Your Style! A Quick Look at the Major Style Guides](https://castlewallsediting.com/i-like-your-style-a-quick-look-at-the-major-style-guides/) - Style guides promote consistency for clear and accurate communication. A consistent approach to style shows professionalism and builds trust with the reader. Consistency also helps readers understand what is being communicated without having to question whether inconsistencies were intentional or a case of sloppiness or inattention. If two instances of the same term are styled
- [When I Pay an Editor, What Am I Paying For?](https://castlewallsediting.com/when-i-pay-an-editor-what-am-i-paying-for/) - Paying an editor to edit a manuscript is often pricier than imagined and the cost can be more difficult to consider since there is often no guarantee on return.
- [If the Story Is Good Enough, No One Will Care About a Few Typos, Right?](https://castlewallsediting.com/but-if-its-a-good-enough-story-no-ones-going-to-care-about-a-few-typos-right/) - Is self-publishing easy? These days, yes. Is it smart? Sometimes. But a writer shouldn't forget a good edit or good editor is often critical to success.
- [5 Reasons Authors Need Style Sheets](https://castlewallsediting.com/5-reasons-authors-need-style-sheets/) - Any good copy editor will provide a style sheet when returning an edited manuscript to an author. But, you might ask, just what the heck is a style sheet?
- [What Level of Editing Do You Need?](https://castlewallsediting.com/what-level-of-editing-do-authors-need/) - Need to edit a completed manuscript and need help with editing? How much editing help is needed? Need line editing, copy editing, or developmental editing?
- [What Are Zombie Rules in Grammar?](https://castlewallsediting.com/what-are-zombie-rules-in-grammar/) - Zombies are fueled by mindless hunger, and this mindlessness is part of what makes them scary. If you have a choice between reasoning with a zombie and bashing one in the head with a shovel, the latter approach is more likely to help you avoid becoming one of the undead yourself. Zombie rules in grammar
- [Three Quick Tips for Grammar Quizzes](https://castlewallsediting.com/three-quick-tips-for-grammar-quizzes/) - Online grammar quizzes pop up all over the place, and I often find them hard to resist. I’m a copyeditor, so why bother with quizzes I should breeze through? Isn't it like shooting fish in a barrel? Yes, but it always feels good to ace something, and people working outside traditional office settings often need
- [Writing Sprints for NaNoWriMo and Beyond](https://castlewallsediting.com/writing-sprints-for-nanowrimo-and-beyond/) - National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is fast approaching, and many writers are biting their nails hoping they can find the time to pound out 50,000 words in November. “Not enough time” is a constant refrain among hopeful writers — and an understandable one. Day jobs, family, friends, chores, outside-of-work appointments, life(!) all come between writers
- [Four on the Floor with Monica J. O'Rourke](https://castlewallsediting.com/four-on-the-floor-with-monica-j-orourke/) - Monica J. O'Rourke, whom celebrated horror author Brian Keene called "probably the best copyeditor currently in the business," is both a horror author and copyeditor. Pretty damn cool. Enjoy the interview below and then go check out her work. And who knows? Her editorial fingerprints may already be all over some of your favorite novels.
- [Five Book Mentors for Editors](https://castlewallsediting.com/five-book-mentors-for-editors/) - While there’s no substitute for a mentor of the flesh-and-blood variety, the five "book mentors" below provide indispensable advice on the processes, philosophy, and business of editing. (Note that these are not writing or style guides. Click here for my look at the major style guides.) The Business of Editing by Richard H. Adin A
- [A Look at Scrivener](https://castlewallsediting.com/tools/) - During my college years (e-mail was as yet all but unheard of, and kids could still smoke in dorm rooms, if that gives you a general time frame) I was mystified by the processes other students employed during their studies. I took notes in class and would review my textbooks, but that was the extent
- [Four on the Floor with Rio Youers](https://castlewallsediting.com/four-on-the-floor-with-rio-youers/) - I can't say enough about Rio Youers or express what a thrill it is to feature him here. So read on—and order Halcyon already! Rio Youers is the British Fantasy Award–nominated author of Old Man Scratch and Point Hollow. His short fiction has been published in many notable anthologies, and his novel Westlake Soul was nominated for Canada’s prestigious Sunburst Award.
- [Four on the Floor with Stevie Kopas](https://castlewallsediting.com/four-on-the-floor-with-stevie-kopas/) - In the previous Four on the Floor interview, we were treated to insights from one of horror's leading new lights, Stephen Kozeniewski. For this interview, we get the perfect follow-up: Kozeniewski's Slashvivor! coauthor Stevie Kopas. Bio: Stevie Kopas was born and raised in New Jersey. She is a gamer, a writer, and an apocalypse enthusiast. Stevie will
- [Four on the Floor with Stephen Kozeniewski](https://castlewallsediting.com/four-on-the-floor-with-stephen-kozeniewski/) - Stephen Kozeniewski's novel The Hematophages was named by horror legend Brian Keene as the number one book of 2017, so I was thrilled to have Stephen take part in one of our Four on the Floor interviews. Enjoy! Bio: Stephen Kozeniewski lives in Pennsylvania, the birthplace of the modern zombie. During his time as a
- [Getting to the Why of Editing](https://castlewallsediting.com/getting-to-the-why-of-editing/) - In his wildly popular TED Talk video How Great Leaders Inspire Action, author Simon Sinek maintains that most businesses know what they do, and that some businesses even understand how they do it, but that few businesses truly understand why they do it. Why does your organization exist? he asks. Why do you get out of
- [Four on the Floor with Kathe Koja](https://castlewallsediting.com/four-on-the-floor-with-kathe-koja/) - My Four on the Floor interview with Kathe Koja appears below. I first discovered Koja’s writing in the early ’90s, when as a college student I visited a bookstore (remember those?) and picked up the Dell/Abyss paperback edition of her novel The Cipher. (If you’ve seen either this edition or the Abyss edition of her novel Bad Brains, you’ll likely
- [A Walk-Through of the Copyright Page](https://castlewallsediting.com/a-walk-through-of-the-copyright-page/) - In their zeal to dive into the newest work by their favorite author, readers often flip quickly past the copyright page. After all, why pore over a bunch of legal information when the author’s voice is calling from just a few pages away? But the page, located on the back (or verso) of the title
- [Four on the Floor with Sophie Playle](https://castlewallsediting.com/four-on-the-floor-with-sophie-playle/) - A specialist fiction editor who provides editorial services directly to writers, Sophie Playle also trains other editors through her online courses and is the author of the short story collection The Hours of Creeping Night—which I recommend highly! I've enjoyed following Sophie on Twitter and am also a fan of her newsletter, Liminal Letters (particularly of
- [Book Pick: 'Quack This Way'](https://castlewallsediting.com/book-pick-quack-this-way/) - At one point in Quack This Way: David Foster Wallace & Bryan A. Garner Talk Language and Writing (2013), Wallace suggests that usage dictionaries are perfect bathroom readers because the entries have the appeal of trivia, are brief, and connect with usages the reader will inevitably encounter soon thereafter. While Garner’s usage dictionary is one of
- [Taking the Plunge: Running an Editing Business](https://castlewallsediting.com/taking-the-plunge-running-an-editing-business/) - I recently said my goodbyes as senior editor at Recorded Books & embarked on a new life - an editing business. Being a freelance editor is fun & challenging...
- [The Five Stages of CMOS 16 Grief](https://castlewallsediting.com/the-five-stages-of-cmos-16-grief/) - The seventeenth edition of the Chicago Manual of Style will soon be in the hands of editors everywhere - pushing good old sixteenth out of the way...
- [Toward (Towards?) a Better Tomorrow](https://castlewallsediting.com/toward-towards-a-better-tomorrow/) - I'm now a freelance editor. Big changes lie ahead for me personally and professionally. I’ve made some life-altering decisions and while there's some uncertainty...
- [5 Signs an Editor Has Been at Work](https://castlewallsediting.com/5-signs-an-editor-has-been-at-work/) - Considering an editor for your manuscript? Wonder if editing services are "worth it?" I’ll be reading along and find myself tipping my cap to another editor...
- [The Crossing: Jumping from an In-Office Job to Full-Time Freelancing](https://castlewallsediting.com/the-crossing-jumping-from-an-in-office-job-to-full-time-freelancing/) - There are many reasons an editor may move from a full-time office job to being a full-time freelance editor working as a contract editor for your own clients.
- [Hyphens, Hauntings, and the Architecture of Sentences](https://castlewallsediting.com/hyphens-hauntings-and-the-architecture-of-sentences/) - Editing & writing tips: Is the hyphen part of strong sentence structure or the architecture of sentences? They are connectors too...
- [Sorry, Darlings: Depression, Rejection, Revision and Publication](https://castlewallsediting.com/sorry-darlings-depression-rejection-revision-and-publication/) - A big part of copy editing is editing out writing more important to you than the story. Revising a manuscript or editing written work is tough for the writer.
- [Sentences That Pack a Wallop](https://castlewallsediting.com/sentences-that-pack-a-wallop/) - Editing & Writing Tips: Writing strong sentences is critical to great writing & needing less editing. Learn to write amazing sentences - sentences that pack a wallop!
- [Four on the Floor with Mitchel Whitington](https://castlewallsediting.com/four-on-the-floor-with-mitchel-whitington/) - [This interview originally appeared in the November 2017 edition of Ramparts, the monthly newsletter from Castle Walls Editing.] Writer and lecturer Mitchel Whitington, born in East Texas, has explored haunted locations all across the United States, and on top of that, Mitchel lives and works in a haunted house (The Grove) in Jefferson, Texas. Mitchel's body of
- [Four on the Floor with Writer/Producer/Director Al Gough](https://castlewallsediting.com/four-on-the-floor-with-writerproducerdirector-al-gough/) - Alfred Gough III (@TheRealAlGough) is half of the prolific Alfred Gough-Miles Millar writing/producing team. Having achieved success with properties as diverse as Spider-Man 2, Lethal Weapon 4, Smallville, Into the Badlands, and The Shannara Chronicles, Al has ranged far from the quiet streets of his hometown of Leonardtown, Maryland. I grew up in that same town and was lucky enough to
- [5 Tips for Winning NaNoWriMo](https://castlewallsediting.com/5-tips-for-winning-nanowrimo/) - National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is almost upon us. I participated for the first time three years ago and now have three successful campaigns under my belt (meaning I’ve hit the 50,000-word mark each time). Brag much, James? I know, I know, but if I’m going to offer tips for the event I should at
- [Four on the Floor with Author J. J. White](https://castlewallsediting.com/four-on-the-floor-with-author-j-j-white/) - [An abbreviated version of this interview ran in my September newsletter.] Author J . J. White has been kind enough to credit my editing with helping him land an agent and traditional publisher. Read on to learn more about the author and to see how he responded to the Four on the Floor interview. About
- [Book Pick: 'Do I Make Myself Clear?' by Harold Evans](https://castlewallsediting.com/book-pick-do-i-make-myself-clear-by-harold-evans/) - Too often people perceive the work of editors as so much pedantry or needless fussiness. But editors help authors communicate to their audience, and, as Harold Evans demonstrates in Do I Make Myself Clear? Why Writing Well Matters, writing well does matter—and sometimes it even saves lives. [bctt tweet="“Words have consequences.”—Harold Evans, author of
- [Book Rec: 'Vex, Hex, Smash, Smooch' by Constance Hale](https://castlewallsediting.com/book-rec-vex-hex-smash-smooch-by-constance-hale/) - Wired Style and Sin and Syntax author Constance Hale inspires an infectious appreciation for verbs in Vex, Hex, Smash, Smooch: Let Verbs Power Your Writing. While the book dropped in 2012, its not-so-hot-off-the-presses status doesn’t diminish its readability, power, or utility for writers and editors. Deep into the book, Hale relates that, while serving as
- [Trust (Vroom, Vroom)](https://castlewallsediting.com/trust-vroom-vroom/) - Being able to trust an editor is vital. The client is, after all, placing something in my hands that’s every bit as precious to him or her as the sleekest car.
- [Rules of the Road](https://castlewallsediting.com/rules-of-the-road/) - In editing, speed kills. If you’re speeding through text, then you’re not doing your job. Here are some editing rules to keep in mind while editing.
- [Change Is Good (Sometimes)](https://castlewallsediting.com/change-is-good-sometimes/) - A good editor pores over text, moving from letter to letter, even looking for extra spaces and judging whether punctuation marks should be italic or roman.
- [Define Subversive](https://castlewallsediting.com/define-subversive/) - To be clear, the book is not a grammar guide or usage guide. Rather, it contains Saller’s thoughts on her approach to copyediting.
- ['Before' and 'Ago' in Fiction](https://castlewallsediting.com/before-and-ago-in-fiction/) - Does anyone distinguish between before and ago these days? Is anyone else bothered by the nearly ubiquitous use of ago in fiction?
- [Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt](https://castlewallsediting.com/nobody-move-nobody-get-hurt/) - I edit for a living. I spend most of my days trying to bring out the best in the text before me, but that doesn’t mean I’m rude. An editor can’t stop editing.
- [Grief and the Present Tense](https://castlewallsediting.com/grief-and-the-present-tense/) - Most of us learned about perfect tenses in elementary school, and the past tense learned is probably appropriate here...
- [A Big Nerd](https://castlewallsediting.com/a-big-nerd/) - “You’re a big nerd, Dad.” That is what my daughter told me as we sat in folding chairs and waited for the reading / book signing to begin. But let me explain.
- [Mind the Gap](https://castlewallsediting.com/mind-the-gap/) - Editing cautions & careful editing: The more professional the design, the more likely the editor is to have a false sense that everything is okay.
- [Talk About Bleary Eyes](https://castlewallsediting.com/talk-about-bleary-eyes/) - In college, I picked up extra scratch by proofreading patents for a law firm. Back then, $12 an hour seemed like a lot of money over traditional proofreading.
- [Editing Is A Lot Like Shaving...](https://castlewallsediting.com/editing-is-a-lot-like-shaving/) - An editor can’t edit without the proper tools like a decent computer, a monitor, a high-speed internet connection, software, dictionaries, & style manuals...
- [Gerunds at the Airport](https://castlewallsediting.com/gerunds-at-the-airport/) - In “Don’t worry about me driving home”, “me driving” is a fused participle and people are often unsure whether to use that or a possessive followed by a gerund
- [Space, the Final Frontier](https://castlewallsediting.com/space-the-final-frontier/) - Thinkforamomentabouthowmarvelouslyusefulspacesbetweenwordsare. Or rather: Think for a moment about how marvelously useful spaces between words are. And cheers to that big triple-em-dash-looking thing on our keyboard: the space bar. Without spaces, sentences are all but unreadable, and so conditioned are we to using spaces that I could not write that first sentence without them. I tried,
- [Physician, Heal Thyself](https://castlewallsediting.com/physician-heal-thyself/) - Editing your own work is a risky proposition for all the much-discussed reasons: You’re too close to the work. You see what you meant to write rather than what is actually there. Familiarity is not your friend. Everyone must edit his or her work to some extent, however, and self-editing is a skill that can
- [Toast](https://castlewallsediting.com/toast/) - I've never applied eye black before tackling a manuscript. My reading glasses, I'll readily admit, don't even come close to saying badass the way that eye black does. Still, with the kickoff of the NFL season scant hours away, it occurs to me that there's a position on the gridiron not all too dissimilar to
- [Words That Shimmer](https://castlewallsediting.com/words-that-shimmer/) - A word or phrase that conveys nothing but its surface meaning to one person brings with it a whole host of associations for someone else. Literature—great and otherwise—abounds with allusion, so one is never just reading a single work but also all of the works being referenced. Scholars happily—and, yes, smugly, often insufferably so—spend their
- [I Can’t Take Any More of This! I Can’t Take It Anymore!](https://castlewallsediting.com/i-cant-take-any-more-of-this-i-cant-take-it-anymore-tis-true/) - Early Saturday on my balcony. September. Over the horizon, the sun idles, seemingly as cool as the morning air. My coffee steams. I treasure this time for reading and shouldn’t let anything spoil my enjoyment of an entertaining tale. Yet even the smallest editing mistakes can do just that. When the scene above played out,
- [Grammar Questions](https://castlewallsediting.com/grammar-questions/) - Early in his career, English footballer Michael Owen celebrated goals by rubbing his hands together in a joyous “Goody! Goody! Goody!” show of enthusiasm. Book lovers feel something similar when learning of a book that captures their imagination and produces a swell of anticipation that is almost inevitably more expansive than whatever pleasures the book
- [Mommy and Daddy Still Love You](https://castlewallsediting.com/mommy-and-daddy-still-love-you/) - Commas are often like confused children who have to learn different sets of rules for each of their divorced parents’ homes. At Mom’s house, it’s perfectly acceptable—in fact, it’s mandatory—to jump into place before the word and in a series. “You need to do your homework, eat your dinner, and get to bed!” insisted Mom.
- [Have You Seen My Towel?](https://castlewallsediting.com/have-you-seen-my-towel/) - The hyphen is an unassuming little bugger, isn’t he? He’s happy to break a word between lines, but he doesn’t expect you to take much notice of him. He seems content to say, “The rest of the word is down there, on the next line.” The hyphen practically waves his hands in the air, bashful
- [The Second Time Through](https://castlewallsediting.com/the-second-time-through/) - In preparation for this week’s release of Justin Cronin’s The Twelve, I spent a good part of last weekend rereading its predecessor, The Passage. Here is a sentence from Cronin’s epic work: “By nightfall they were fifty miles past Oklahoma City, hurtling west across the open prairie toward a wall of spring thunderheads ascending from
- [I'm in the (Subjunctive) Mood for a Melody](https://castlewallsediting.com/im-in-the-subjunctive-mood-for-a-melody/) - I wish I were the subjunctive mood. So mysterious. So misunderstood. If I were the subjunctive mood, only the cool crowd would get me, man. People would want to plumb my depths, find what lurks beneath these still waters. But my innermost nature would remain an eternal mystery, because I’d be like the wind, baby.
- [I Come to Bury Verbs, Not to Praise Them](https://castlewallsediting.com/i-come-to-bury-verbs-not-to-praise-them/) - Mourners of the soon-to-be-buried verb looked on as the coffin descended into the open grave. The question mark hunched over in grief. The exclamation point stood bolt upright, its posture a salute to its good friend’s passing. Three periods stood side by side, a single space between them. They looked off into the distance, elliptical
- [Rat-a-Tat-Tat](https://castlewallsediting.com/rat-a-tat-tat/) - Say, what’s the rumpus? I ain’t going back to the big house, see? I’ll fill ya full of lead, copper! I’ll fit you for a Chicago overcoat, see? Too many ellipses on a page and the text begins to look as though a 1930s-era gangster had strafed it with a tommy gun. Rat-a-tat-tat! Ellipses represent
- [Epistolaries at Dawn; or, POV Carousel](https://castlewallsediting.com/epistolaries-at-dawn-or-pov-carousel/) - You enter the tavern. Beyond a smattering of tables—some occupied, some not—a boy in grubby attire kneels by a hearth and pokes at a well-stoked fire. You feel the warmth of the blaze on your face and rub your hands together, glad to have found shelter from the night's chill winds. You are led to
- [Now I'm Lookin' at a Flashback Sunday](https://castlewallsediting.com/now-im-lookin-at-a-flashback-sunday/) - Quite some time ago, I was critiquing catalog write-ups, some of which I’d written, in a roomful of writers and marketers. A particular piece contained a phrase that read something like this: “A tale where such and such . . .” I made the suggestion that we change “where” to “in which.” One of the
- [Going to the Well Once Too Often](https://castlewallsediting.com/going-to-the-well-once-too-often/) - One guy sits at the bar in his favorite watering hole. Another guy sits down next to him. After a brief exchange, it’s established that the second guy is from out of town. The first guy asks after the football team in the second guy’s home city. The second guy says, “They’re looking really well
- [Excuse the Intrusion](https://castlewallsediting.com/excuse-the-intrusion/) - Damned if sometimes things don’t just look funny. The other day I ran across an “a vs. an” issue that I can’t recall having even thought about before. As we know, when choosing whether to use a or an, we decide based on whether the word the article precedes begins with a vowel or a
- [Easy (Writing) Like a Sunday Morning](https://castlewallsediting.com/easy-writing-like-a-sunday-morning/) - The writer sat before his typewriter and prepared to write. He laced his fingers together, turned his palms outward, and stretched his arms. I’m ready, he thought, and felt a comforting hand on his back as Easy took a seat beside him. Where to begin? pondered the writer. Easy smiled and reached into his sack,
- [Double Genitive: It Only Sounds Dirty](https://castlewallsediting.com/double-genitive-it-only-sounds-dirty/) - Sarah squeezed John’s hand with enough force that, were it coal, she might have produced a diamond, but John scarcely noticed. The delivery room dissolved into a white and grey void where all that existed was his child, entering the world in a feat of biological wonder that, though he didn’t know it at the
- [Lie Down Already](https://castlewallsediting.com/lie-down-already/) - Today I finished a book I had been looking forward to reading, and in fact the book had been a Christmas gift from my daughter, making me savor its reading all the more. I won’t name the book, though, because however much I enjoyed it—and I enjoyed it immensely—there was an incorrect usage throughout. And
- [Now That's a Fire](https://castlewallsediting.com/now-thats-a-fire/) - People love to point out other people’s mistakes. Sometimes this is done with an encouraging word and a gentle smile. More often, it’s done less kindly, and is perhaps accompanied by a pointed finger and raucous laughter (try tripping over a rug at a cocktail party sometime). Whatever the case, people generally feel a smug
- [Wakey, wakey, eggs and bakey!](https://castlewallsediting.com/wakey-wakey-eggs-and-bakey/) - This morning I grabbed House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski and walked to my favorite breakfast shop. The place has a nice outdoor sitting area and a water view, so it's a pleasant setting for reading and enjoying a cup of coffee. Little did I know I was on a collision course with an apostrophe issue.
- [Your Own Private Library](https://castlewallsediting.com/your-own-private-library/) - “Every one of us is losing something precious to us,” he says after the phone stops ringing. “Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back again. That’s part of what it means to be alive. But inside our heads—at least that’s where I imagine it—there’s a little room where we store those memories.
- [Bring Out Your Dead!](https://castlewallsediting.com/bring-out-your-dead/) - While reading Mary Roach’s fascinating and surprisingly humorous Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, I came across this sentence: “A series of modern-day Burke-and-Hare–type killings took place barely ten years ago, in Barranquilla, Colombia.” In the 1820s, William Burke and William Hare became notorious for selling corpses to Edinburgh anatomist Robert Knox, who eagerly
- [A Most Unfortunate Comma](https://castlewallsediting.com/a-most-unfortunate-comma/) - Few commas cause as much irritation as the one falling after the state in constructions such as this: Annapolis, MD, is a great place to visit. People are no less happy when it pops up here: Ed Begley, Jr., is a funny actor. And the irritation isn’t just from those who prefer Baltimore or the
- [A Sweet Dessert Is My Just Desert](https://castlewallsediting.com/a-sweet-dessert-is-my-just-desert/) - Desert and Dessert are words that should always trigger mental warnings. Dessert is the sugary treat you eat after dinner. As some say, the extra “s” is for “sweet.” Those with a sweet tooth might also be interested to know that while Merriam-Webster lists a dessert fork and a dessert knife as two words, it

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- [second person](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/second-person/)
- [third person](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/third-person/)
- [unreliable narrator](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/unreliable-narrator/)
- [War and Peace](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/war-and-peace/)
- [From Dusk Till Dawn](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/from-dusk-till-dawn/)
- [in which vs. where](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/in-which-vs-where/)
- [Robert Rodriguez](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/robert-rodriguez/)
- [good vs. well](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/good-vs-well/)
- [reflexive verb](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/reflexive-verb/)
- [to be verb](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/to-be-verb/)
- [a vs. an](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/a-vs-an/)
- [interrupting element](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/interrupting-element/)
- [lay vs. lie](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/lay-vs-lie/)
- [Tom Piccirilli](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/tom-piccirilli/)
- [copy editing](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/copy-editing/)
- [en dashes](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/en-dashes/)
- [hyphens](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/hyphens/)
- [Mary Roach](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/mary-roach/)
- [city](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/city/)
- [commas](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/commas/)
- [Jr.](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/jr/)
- [state](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/state/)
- [Dropkick Murphys](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/dropkick-murphys/)
- [Dubliners](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/dubliners/)
- [Finnegans Wake](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/finnegans-wake/)
- [House of Leaves](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/house-of-leaves/)
- [James Joyce](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/james-joyce/)
- [Mark Z. Danielewski](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/mark-z-danielewski/)
- [menu](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/menu/)
- [Ullyses](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/ullyses/)
- [desert vs. dessert](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/desert-vs-dessert/)
- [find/replace](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/findreplace/)
- [spaces after the period](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/spaces-after-the-period/)
- [spaces in text](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/spaces-in-text/)
- [Associated Press](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/associated-press/)
- [halo effect](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/halo-effect/)
- [before vs. ago; before; ago; fiction](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/before-vs-ago-before-ago-fiction/)
- [John McWhorter](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/john-mcwhorter/)
- [language change](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/language-change/)
- [Words on the Move](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/words-on-the-move/)
- [Get in Trouble](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/get-in-trouble/)
- [Juan Martinez](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/juan-martinez/)
- [Kelly Link](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/kelly-link/)
- [singular they](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/singular-they/)
- [Troma](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/troma/)
- [patents](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/patents/)
- [proofreaders](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/proofreaders/)
- [proofreading](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/proofreading/)
- [PTO](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/pto/)
- [Editor](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/editor/)
- [self-publishing](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/self-publishing/)
- [fused participles](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/fused-participles/)
- [gerunds](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/gerunds/)
- [death](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/death/)
- [rejection](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/rejection/)
- [revision](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/revision/)
- [short story](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/short-story/)
- [Colin Dickey](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/colin-dickey/)
- [Ghostland](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/ghostland/)
- [hauntings](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/hauntings/)
- [James Brice House](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/james-brice-house/)
- [Peter Straub](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/peter-straub/)
- [sentence diagramming](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/sentence-diagramming/)
- [suspended hyphenation](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/suspended-hyphenation/)
- [The Familiar](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/the-familiar/)
- [Angels Flight](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/angels-flight/)
- [Bosch](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/bosch/)
- [freelance](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/freelance/)
- [in-house](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/in-house/)
- [Michael Connelly](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/michael-connelly/)
- [The Crossing](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/the-crossing/)
- [Stephen Graham Jones](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/stephen-graham-jones/)
- [Emily Dickinson](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/emily-dickinson/)
- [writing slant](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/writing-slant/)
- [editors](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/editors/)
- [author](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/author/)
- [style sheet](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/style-sheet/)
- [style guide](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/style-guide/)
- [edit a manuscript](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/edit-a-manuscript/)
- [help with editing](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/help-with-editing/)
- [editing help](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/editing-help/)
- [line editing](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/line-editing/)
- [developmental editing](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/developmental-editing/)
- [good copy editor](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/good-copy-editor/)
- [provide a style sheet](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/provide-a-style-sheet/)
- [edited manuscript](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/edited-manuscript/)
- [writing tips](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/writing-tips/)
- [writing strong sentences](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/writing-strong-sentences/)
- [great writing](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/great-writing/)
- [write amazing sentences](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/write-amazing-sentences/)
- [freelance editor](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/freelance-editor/)
- [contract editor](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/contract-editor/)
- [strong sentence structure](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/strong-sentence-structure/)
- [architecture of sentences](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/architecture-of-sentences/)
- [revise writing](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/revise-writing/)
- [revising a manuscript](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/revising-a-manuscript/)
- [editing written work](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/editing-written-work/)
- [fused participle](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/fused-participle/)
- [gerund](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/gerund/)
- [edit](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/edit/)
- [is self-publishing easy](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/is-self-publishing-easy/)
- [writer](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/writer/)
- [good edit](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/good-edit/)
- [good editor](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/good-editor/)
- [editing cautions](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/editing-cautions/)
- [careful editing](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/careful-editing/)
- [perfect tenses](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/perfect-tenses/)
- [past tense](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/past-tense/)
- [elementary school grammar](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/elementary-school-grammar/)
- [edit for a living](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/edit-for-a-living/)
- [difference between before and ago](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/difference-between-before-and-ago/)
- [grammar guide](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/grammar-guide/)
- [usage guide](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/usage-guide/)
- [approach to copyediting](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/approach-to-copyediting/)
- [a good editor](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/a-good-editor/)
- [editing rules](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/editing-rules/)
- [trusting an editor](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/trusting-an-editor/)
- [trust an editor](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/trust-an-editor/)
- [Author Resources](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/author-resources/)
- [Chicago Manual of Style](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/chicago-manual-of-style/)
- [CMOS](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/cmos/)
- [Constance Hale](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/constance-hale/)
- [Vex Hex Smash Smooch](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/vex-hex-smash-smooch/)
- [editing business](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/editing-business/)
- [freelancer](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/freelancer/)
- [ACES](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/aces/)
- [EFA](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/efa/)
- [American Copy Editors Association](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/american-copy-editors-association/)
- [Editorial Freelancers Association](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/editorial-freelancers-association/)
- [Dick Margulis](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/dick-margulis/)
- [Ruth E. Thaler-Carter](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/ruth-e-thaler-carter/)
- [Do I Make Myself Clear?](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/do-i-make-myself-clear/)
- [Harold Evans](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/harold-evans/)
- [pleonasms](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/pleonasms/)
- [zombies](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/zombies/)
- [flesh-eaters](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/flesh-eaters/)
- [cliches](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/cliches/)
- [David Foster Wallace](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/david-foster-wallace/)
- [J. J. White](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/j-j-white/)
- [interview](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/interview/)
- [National Novel Writing Month](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/national-novel-writing-month/)
- [NaNoWriMo](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/nanowrimo/)
- [Four on the Floor](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/four-on-the-floor/)
- [Alfred Gough](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/alfred-gough/)
- [Miles Millar](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/miles-millar/)
- [Hollywood](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/hollywood/)
- [Into the Badlands](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/into-the-badlands/)
- [Smallville](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/smallville/)
- [The Shannara Chronicles](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/the-shannara-chronicles/)
- [Mitchel Whitington](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/mitchel-whitington/)
- [ghosts](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/ghosts/)
- [haunted house](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/haunted-house/)
- [Jefferson](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/jefferson/)
- [Texas](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/texas/)
- [Halloween](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/halloween/)
- [editing tips](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/editing-tips/)
- [editing a manuscript](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/editing-a-manuscript/)
- [paying an editor](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/paying-an-editor/)
- [editing process](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/editing-process/)
- [Quack This Way](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/quack-this-way/)
- [Bryan A. Garner](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/bryan-a-garner/)
- [Garner's Modern English Usage](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/garners-modern-english-usage/)
- [language](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/language/)
- [Sophie Playle](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/sophie-playle/)
- [copyright page](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/copyright-page/)
- [Copyright Act of 1989](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/copyright-act-of-1989/)
- [public domain](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/public-domain/)
- [fiction disclaimer](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/fiction-disclaimer/)
- [printer's key](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/printers-key/)
- [International Standard Book Number](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/international-standard-book-number/)
- [ISBN](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/isbn/)
- [Cataloging-in-Publication](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/cataloging-in-publication/)
- [CIP](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/cip/)
- [Library of Congress](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/library-of-congress/)
- [International Standard Serial Number](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/international-standard-serial-number/)
- [ISSN](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/issn/)
- [Digital Object Identifier](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/digital-object-identifier/)
- [DOI](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/doi/)
- [Kathe Koja](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/kathe-koja/)
- [horror](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/horror/)
- [Stephen Kozeniewski](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/stephen-kozeniewski/)
- [Brian Keene](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/brian-keene/)
- [Stevie Kopas](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/stevie-kopas/)
- [AP Style](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/ap-style/)
- [Turabian](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/turabian/)
- [AMA](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/ama/)
- [MLA](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/mla/)
- [CSE](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/cse/)
- [APA](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/apa/)
- [Rio Youers](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/rio-youers/)
- [The Business of Editing](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/the-business-of-editing/)
- [Richard H. Adin](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/richard-h-adin/)
- [The Subversive Copy Editor](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/the-subversive-copy-editor/)
- [Carol Fisher Saller](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/carol-fisher-saller/)
- [What Editors Do](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/what-editors-do/)
- [Peter Ginna](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/peter-ginna/)
- [The Copyeditor's Handbook](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/the-copyeditors-handbook/)
- [Amy Einsohn](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/amy-einsohn/)
- [Karen Judd](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/karen-judd/)
- [mentors](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/mentors/)
- [editing tools](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/editing-tools/)
- [PerfectIt](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/perfectit/)
- [Toggl](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/toggl/)
- [Google Docs](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/google-docs/)
- [Editor's Toolkit Plus 2018](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/editors-toolkit-plus-2018/)
- [DropTask](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/droptask/)
- [RealtimeBoard](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/realtimeboard/)
- [Basecamp](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/basecamp/)
- [Paymo](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/paymo/)
- [PayPal](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/paypal/)
- [Monica J. O'Rourke](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/monica-j-orourke/)
- [sprints](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/sprints/)
- [agile](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/agile/)
- [quizzes](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/quizzes/)
- [zombie rules](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/zombie-rules/)
- [ending a sentence with a preposition](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/ending-a-sentence-with-a-preposition/)
- [Melissa Lason](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/melissa-lason/)
- [Michelle Garza](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/michelle-garza/)
- [Silverwood: The Door](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/silverwood-the-door/)
- [Twin Lakes](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/twin-lakes/)
- [Mayan Blue](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/mayan-blue/)
- [Kingdom of Teeth](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/kingdom-of-teeth/)
- [Those Who Follow](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/those-who-follow/)
- [checklists](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/checklists/)
- [Editor's Toolkit](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/editors-toolkit/)
- [silent edits](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/silent-edits/)
- [authors](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/authors/)
- [copyeditor](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/copyeditor/)
- [contract](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/contract/)
- [editing contract](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/editing-contract/)
- [text-to-speech](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/text-to-speech/)
- [TTS](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/tts/)
- [reading text aloud](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/reading-text-aloud/)
- [Read Aloud](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/read-aloud/)
- [Word](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/word/)
- [Microsoft Word](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/microsoft-word/)
- [tracked changes](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/tracked-changes/)
- [Mary SanGiovanni](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/mary-sangiovanni/)
- [cosmic horror](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/cosmic-horror/)
- [Autumn Christian](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/autumn-christian/)
- [Our Lady of the Inferno](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/our-lady-of-the-inferno/)
- [Preston Fassel](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/preston-fassel/)
- [book review](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/book-review/)
- [Dea Poirier](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/dea-poirier/)
- [Gretchen McCulloch](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/gretchen-mcculloch/)
- [Because Internet](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/because-internet/)
- [internet](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/internet/)
- [CD Miller](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/cd-miller/)
- [Serial Box](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/serial-box/)
- [Gwendolyn Kiste](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/gwendolyn-kiste/)
- [business](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/business/)
- [words](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/words/)
- [Interruptions](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/interruptions/)
- [emergency work](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/emergency-work/)
- [Zoom](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/zoom/)
- [Google Hangouts](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/google-hangouts/)
- [Miro](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/miro/)
- [Skype](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/skype/)
- [webinar](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/webinar/)
- [That Word Chat](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/that-word-chat/)
- [training](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/training/)
- [Books Edited](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/books-edited/)
- [James Gallagher](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/james-gallagher/)
- [Castle Walls Editing](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/castle-walls-editing/)
- [blue light](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/blue-light/)
- [standing desk](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/standing-desk/)
- [self-care](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/self-care/)
- [posture](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/posture/)
- [monitors](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/monitors/)
- [accountability group](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/accountability-group/)
- [mastermind group](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/mastermind-group/)
- [development](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/development/)
- [Pens & Pilcrows](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/pens-pilcrows/)
- [Annual Report](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/annual-report/)
- [Meet Mr. Hyphen](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/meet-mr-hyphen/)
- [Edward N. Teall](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/edward-n-teall/)
- [Mary Norris](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/mary-norris/)
- [Fictionary](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/fictionary/)
- [developmental editor](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/developmental-editor/)
- [January thanks](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/january-thanks/)
- [Jonathan Janz](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/jonathan-janz/)
- [Scene It First](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/scene-it-first/)
- [Delancey Stewart](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/delancey-stewart/)
- [Ellen Jovin](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/ellen-jovin/)
- [Grammar Table](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/grammar-table/)
- [Crystal Shelley](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/crystal-shelley/)
- [Rabbit with a Red Pen](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/rabbit-with-a-red-pen/)
- [Marshall J. Moore](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/marshall-j-moore/)
- [The Ferryman](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/the-ferryman/)
- [review](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/review/)
- [YA](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/ya/)
- [Deborah Halverson](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/deborah-halverson/)
- [Such Kindness](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/such-kindness/)
- [Andre Dubus III](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/andre-dubus-iii/)
- [Club Ed](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/club-ed/)
- [Jennifer Lawler](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/jennifer-lawler/)
- [point of view](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/point-of-view/)
- [POV](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/pov/)
- [perspective](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/perspective/)
- [Editing for Point of View and Perspective](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/editing-for-point-of-view-and-perspective/)
- [EFACON](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/efacon/)
- [conference](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/conference/)
- [Marika Ray](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/marika-ray/)
- [Melanie Summers](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/melanie-summers/)
- [Kelly Collins](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/kelly-collins/)
- [Fictionary Loves Writers Conference](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/fictionary-loves-writers-conference/)
- [L. Marie Wood](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/l-marie-wood/)
- [Maddie's Ghost](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/maddies-ghost/)
- [Nikki Davenport](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/nikki-davenport/)
- [romance](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/romance/)
- [CMOS 18](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/cmos-18/)
- [ACES VCON24](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/aces-vcon24/)
- [ACES: The Society for Editing](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/aces-the-society-for-editing/)
- [horror class](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/horror-class/)
- [continuity](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/continuity/)
- [plot](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/plot/)
- [setting](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/setting/)
- [spell-check](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/spell-check/)
- [spellcheck](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/spellcheck/)
- [spelling](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/spelling/)
- [connections](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/connections/)
- [genre](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/genre/)
- [CPD](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/cpd/)
- [continuous professional development](https://castlewallsediting.com/tag/continuous-professional-development/)