Higher Latitude Editing and Writing Services

09/19/2023

Experimental post. Testing...
Testing...
1, 2, 3...

12/04/2021

Why editors matter. 😂

05/27/2020

Hey! Popping on because I keep getting notifications of views. Good grief! So sorry I've been such a neglectful Facebook-parent. I've been a pretty devoted real-world-parent, however. Been rockin' this Covid deal, fer sher! It's like I was born for this! Soooo, if you happen to be viewing this page, pop a squat and type me a line. Leave a sign that you were here. Maybe I'll be back soon. 😉

01/08/2019

Happy New Year, everyone!
It's time to start that book you've always wanted to write.
I'm here when you need me. 😉
Cheers, 2019!

10/23/2018

A mini-lesson for both young and old.

“This sentence has five words. Here are five more words. Five-word sentences are fine. But several together become monotonous. Listen to what is happening. The writing is getting boring. The sound of it drones. It’s like a stuck record. The ear demands some variety. Now listen. I vary the sentence length, and I create music. Music. The writing sings. It has a pleasant rhythm, a lilt, a harmony. I use short sentences. And I use sentences of medium length. And sometimes, when I am certain the reader is rested, I will engage him with a sentence of considerable length, a sentence that burns with energy and builds with all the impetus of a crescendo, the roll of the drums, the crash of the cymbals–sounds that say listen to this, it is important.

So write with a combination of short, medium, and long sentences. Create a sound that will please the reader's ear. Don't just write words. Write music.”

― Gary Provost

via Writing About Writing

03/18/2018

There, their, they're, it's going to be all right.

03/09/2018

Happy International Women's Day!

True.

02/21/2018

I think we could apply a few of these to how we discourse in social media.

Are there any words you'd add to this list?

02/03/2018

Just threw an epic Harry Potter birthday party for my son. Nothing is more magical than 8 kids hopped up on butter beer, battling a Voldemort balloon with pointy wands. My ear drums will never be the same. (Only two eyes were poked, and no one died. Except for poor Voldie. There were bits of him all over the living room.)

To make it as a writer, you have to believe you’ve got the magic it takes to make words come alive on the page.

01/28/2018

Seriously, read the book! You won't regret it. 😉

Shh!

12/26/2017

Happy Christmas, everyone! Here's to a grammatically fulfilling New Year!

Merry Christmas!

11/26/2017