Editor
Ask An Editor: Theresa Stevens’ Line Editing Series
This month we continue our line editing series with editor THERESA STEVENS. Welcome back, Theresa! This month we continue our line editing series with an entry that gives us a chance to talk about content editing [...]
Ask An Editor: Theresa Stevens’ Line Editing Series
Editor extraordinaire THERESA STEVENS is back with with an in-depth example of the line editing process. This month we continue our line editing series with an entry we are told is YA fantasy. Chapter One [...]
Regency Travelers and Paterson’s Roads, by Researcher Franzeca Drouin
Happy Friday, RU Crew! Please help me welcome researcher and editor Franzeca Drouin to the campus. Franzeca’s research and editorial skills are much in demand by writers of all publication levels. I should know. She [...]
Ask An Editor: Understanding Submission Guidelines
Welcome to Theresa Stevens’s monthly Ask an Editor blog! Theresa has some more great tips this month on how to work with submission guidelines. Welcome, Theresa! This month, we’re taking a question from the mailbag. [...]
Ask An Editor: Dos and Don’ts of Settings
Welcome to Theresa Stevens’s monthly Ask an Editor blog! Today, Theresa gives us the lowdown on settings. Very commonly, writers want to know what separates the publishable-but-ordinary book from the publishable-and-great one. The answer is [...]
Ask An Editor: Adding Emotion
I heard an editor speak at a conference and she said the most important thing in a romance is “emotion, emotion, emotion.” I guess I understand that, but how do we know if we have [...]
Ask An Editor: Ordinary World
This month instead of tackling a specific question in the mailbag, we’re going to do an FAQ post on “ordinary world,” which is probably the most confusing aspect of story structure for romance novelists. Why [...]
Ask An Editor: Point of View Sliding Scale
This month, we’ll consider a pair of questions on point of view (POV). If you wouldn’t mind, I would like some clarification on third person points of view and which one if any are good [...]
Ask An Editor: “The Meet” between Your Hero and Heroine
RU crew, today Theresa Stevens is back with another great Ask an Editor lecture. Want to make sure the first meet between your H/H (hero and heroine) is on target? Then read on! A special [...]
Ask An Editor: Positioning Your Book
This month, we’re looking at a question that comes up frequently in the mailbag, though it takes many varied forms. The upshot: a writer is sitting on a completed manuscript. It belongs in a genre [...]
RU Faculty Blog Highlight Kelsey
Kelsey's serving up bite-sized morsels for your noggin on her new Brain Candy blog. Stop by for tidbits like:
- Snickers (funny bone ticklers)
- Yum Yums (tasty food)
- Red Hot Reads (fab books)
- Smarties (life tips)
- Jolly Ranchers (all about Texas)
