by Penny Freeman | Mar 5, 2013 | Editor's Notes
You have arrived. No more office hours, no more dress code, no office politics, no commuter traffic nightmares. You are the boss. You decide what you’ll work on and when you’ll do it. You have joined the ranks of the work-from-home professional. Once you’ve gotten...
by Penny Freeman | Feb 28, 2013 | Editor's Notes, Submission Guidelines
Hi. I’m Jessica, your friendly neighborhood editorial assistant, and I’m here to help you get your manuscript out of our discard pile and on its way to becoming a Xchyler-certified novel! I started out at Xchyler as a slush-pile reader; that is, I was (and still am)...
by Penny Freeman | Feb 22, 2013 | Editor's Notes, Submission Guidelines
What do we mean when we say “style”? In the editorial context, it pertains to how text is presented on the printed page: where to put commas, what types of ellipses to use, colons vs. semi-colons. The list is endless. My first real encounter with the whole “style”...
by Penny Freeman | Feb 11, 2013 | Editor's Notes, Writing
Point of View, or POV, is an incredibly important part of the storytelling process. In fact, it’s been said that the mastering of this skill is one of the determining factors between a professional writer—and an amateur. But no pressure, right? In the world of...
by Penny Freeman | Feb 1, 2013 | Featured Friday
Still learning. Well, I am, anyway. I recently received edits back from McKenna Gardner who is line editing my first novel, Vanguard Legacy. In the margin, tucked away in a little pink comment, was this gem: “I hope you’re not fed up of us coaching you . . .” And I...
