Category Archives: Editing Your Work

Working With Editors: Eliminate Forms of “To Be” & “Had”

Posted on September 2, 2015 by

I’m currently working on the corrections my horror/thriller short story, “Blue Lights,” which will appear in an anthology edited by John Hartness. I figured I would write a few posts about some of the things I’m working on during the editing … Continue reading →

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Working with Editors: Send in Your Best Work

Posted on August 17, 2015 by

About a year ago, I submitted a short story for a yet-to-be-titled anthology edited by one of my friends, author John Hartness. Hartness co-edited The Big Bad 2, which featured my story “The Witch Hunter“, so we have collaborated before. … Continue reading →

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M. B. Weston’s Writing Diary: 03/14/15

Posted on March 15, 2015 by

Ah the joys of the second draft. During yesterday’s writing sessions, I discovered that Chapter 4 was 20 pages long and 5,000 words. A lot of it was dialogue. Yeah, that’s not going to work in a pulp novel… The … Continue reading →

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M. B. Weston’s Writing Diary: 03/07/15

Posted on March 8, 2015 by

In the rough draft, dialogue is not my friend. Generally, my characters overstate the obvious, say things in long, awkward, complete sentences that no one actually says, and generally talk too much–especially in battle or fighting. Basically, they talk like … Continue reading →

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M. B. Weston’s Writing Diary: on Muses, Weapons & Continuity – 02/23/15

Posted on February 24, 2015 by

Amazing things have happened in last night’s writing session. First, the muse has finally decided to actually feed me ideas while I’m seated at my computer instead of throwing me random bits here in there when I can’t jot any … Continue reading →

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Writing & Editing: Find & Correct Common Grammar Mistakes

Posted on November 30, 2012 by

No matter how often we try to avoid it, we all make a few subtle grammatical errors when we write. Some of them occur when we type the wrong word. Others are born from listening to incorrect grammar on TV … Continue reading →

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Writing & Editing: Find & Eliminate Cheesy Cliches

Posted on November 29, 2012 by

Eliminating cheesy cliches is easier said than done. We writers are busy as bees trying to write our stories, and words cannot express how easy it is to close up shop at the end of the day and ignore the … Continue reading →

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