Category: The writing process

  • Lloyd Lofthouse

    The NEED to Edit – Part 3/6

    The other choice is to edit your own work with some help from friends as I did.

  • Lloyd Lofthouse

    The NEED to Edit – Part 2/6

    If the avid reader is distracted by too many mistakes, do not expect this audience to be forgiving.

  • Lloyd Lofthouse

    The NEED to Edit – Part 1/6

    Writing, revising and editing are part and parcel of an author’s work, especially if she doesn’t have a contract with a traditional publisher.

  • Lloyd Lofthouse

    Authors Finding Readers – Viewed as Single Page

    If an avid reader reads ten books a year and there are several million titles to choose from, what do you consider the odds are that your work will be one of those books?

  • Lloyd Lofthouse

    The Need to Edit – (Viewed as Single Page)

    Most authors may have editing skills similar to Thomas Wolfe, who wrote longhand without the use of punctuation in addition to other mistakes that his editor, Max Perkins, fixed as he edited Wolfe’s work.