Lynnette Phillips Professional Editing

04/28/2014

Arthur and friends sing a song about the library. Don't miss Arthur, weekdays on PBS KIDS (check local listings). For more information, visit http://pbskids....

12/18/2013

http://writerswrite.co.za/mini-thesaurus-for-writers

Synonyms for 95 Commonly Used Words in the English language Amazing — incredible, unbelievable, improbable, fabulous, wonderful, fantastic, astonishing, astounding, extraordinary Anger —...

03/19/2013

Have You Tried Any of These? http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2013/02/10-proofreading-tips-for-self-publishers-058.html

If you are self-publishing, then proofreading your manuscript is a really challenging task -- and you'll kick yourself if you find a mistake after you've told everyone about the book. No matter how many times you've read through your work, it's amazing how often errors can sneak through to the final...

03/01/2013

Sometimes the best advice seems so simple you just don't mention it; other times you just wear it out repeating it over & over until no one listens.
http://www.dailywritingtips.com/7-tips-for-editing-to-improve-usage/

How do you make sure you’re writing right? Crafting prose is mostly a matter of using the right words for the job. Here are some steps to help you achieve that goal.

02/18/2013

Sometimes the best editing advice is how-to's on writing: http://www.writersdigest.com/character-development?et_mid=603483&rid=26259295 (free download)

FREE download on character development! Master archetype characterization (indirect & direct) + the importance of first impressions and your prologue

02/06/2013

http://www.novelpublicity.com/2013/02/bring-your-fiction-to-life-with-emotion-an-editors-how-to-guide/?utm_source=Novel+Publicity+Newsletter&utm_campaign=eba8f298d4-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email

This is a post by Novel Publicity staff editor, Robb Grindstaff I know I overdo the smiles and sighing etc. Could you give me an example of showing internal workings rather than expressing somethin...

02/04/2013

Subjunctive mood...huh? O.K., maybe we can get away without knowing much about it in conversation but when we write we gotta be more careful http://www.dailywritingtips.com/6-forms-of-the-subjunctive-mood/

Are you in a subjunctive mood? Then you should frame sentences in one of the six following forms.

09/24/2012

So, I love - who's it hurt?

A humorous short story. (Approximately 5k Words) Just when Wilburn G. Walsh thinks his destiny as an accountant is set in stone, a high-ranking Gnome official gives him an offer he can't refuse. With a chance to be the hero, Wilburn sets off on a grand adventure to find the ...

09/19/2012

Life-altering punctuation! (He,he) http://ow.ly/dKCi6 http://ow.ly/i/WjYE

09/18/2012

Don't hit the 'publish' button yet! http://ow.ly/dMLaR

In "real life," I was the editor of two local newspapers that were unceremoniously axed by the Journal Register Corp. just before Christmas 2008,...

09/17/2012

What a difference a letter can make! http://ow.ly/dJUxQ

I saw this in an article about caring for a laptop: If you store your laptop in the vehicle for any period of time, keep in mind that the extreme...

09/15/2012

What are fossil words? Hint: Do you write historical fiction?
http://www.dailywritingtips.com/35-fossil-words/

Some of the most intriguing words in the English language are what linguists call fossil words, so named because they are artifacts from another era and survive only in isolated usage. Here is a list of some of our language’s fossil words with definitions and the idiomatic phrases in which they appe...