editorial help

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Ask An Editor: Problem With Tense?

This month, for something different, we’re going to examine a paragraph sent in by a reader. She recently received some feedback which complained about the verb tenses in this paragraph. Her dark gaze darted from [...]

Ask an Editor: Passive and Literary Writing

Theresa: Your last column on writing actively brought up a question I’ve had for quite some time on passive voice writing.  In commercial genre fiction (romance, mystery, etc), the practice of writing in an active [...]

Ask an Editor: How do I make an editor like my characters?

Dear Theresa, I finally got a rejection that wasn’t a form letter, but it says the editor didn’t connect with my characters.  How am I supposed to revise my manuscript with this comment in mind?  [...]

This just in…

Backstory slowing your pacing?  POV issues?  Boring Characters?  Romance University can help.   On July 24 we will be launching our “Ask an Editor” column featuring Theresa Stevens, Managing Editor of Red Sage Publishing.  Theresa will [...]

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