She was running to adventure, he was running from destiny.

Lady Sarah Halden stows away on the wrong boat when she thinks to enter a sailing race with her brother, Lucky. She lands in the company of […]

June 1: National Say Something Nice Day. Make the day pleasant for someone today by saying something nice.

June 2: National Leave the Office Early Day. This day is an incentive to many who often work more than […]

If you’re like most writers and editors, you want to have as many avenues for potential clients to connect with you as you can. If you’ve overlooked LinkedIn or just haven’t used it to its full potential, the s […]

Why do I write? The answer lies in the fact I enjoy reading. It all began with Uncle Wiggley Longears, the rabbit gentleman stories by Howard Garis. At bedtime at our house in the nineteen forties, my father would […]

Why

NAIWE strongly supports its message about the need to protect the choice of self-employment and the need to reject California’s failed, anti-independent contractor ABC Test.

The amicus brief gives us a v […]

Do editors need to be certified?

That’s a question that keeps popping up in online editors and writers groups. As you can imagine, there’s no consensus on this matter. Some argue that obtaining certification […]

Member Benefit #30

Shaila Abdullah has over a decade of experience designing websites for authors. Being an award-winning author herself, she understands the industry and will provide you with a content […]

If you’re a writer, you’ve probably seen discussions on social media that argue about the value of editors. Some people (mostly editors) maintain that writers can’t edit their own work; others (mostly write […]

RUDY GIULIANI wanted to clean up Times Square. Some thought this was because it needed cleaning, others because Disney said,
“If you clean it, we will come.”
 
” . . . During a break in one of the first […]

Copyeditors, given their passion for exactness, like to go by the book and feel uneasy if they have to improvise. In copyediting scholarly works, citations, and references are relatively straightforward matters, […]