The Editing Podcast

Louise Harnby and Denise Cowle talk about 2 more zombie rules that have no place in a professional editor's toolbox.

• What a zombie rule is
• The power of a double negative in rich narrative and dialogue
• Why singular 'they' is a grammatically correct gender-neutral pronoun

• Welcome, singular “they”: Lee, C. (2019, October 31). Welcome, singular “they”. APA Style. http://apastyle.apa.org/blog/singular-they

• Denise Cowle: denisecowleeditorial.com
• Louise Harnby: harnby.co/fiction-editing

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Louise Harnby and Denise Cowle share 3 more tips about how to beat the overwhelm that can come with making your editing and proofreading business visible.

• Why everyone has something to shout about, even if they think they don't
• Why some editors appear to do more marketing than is humanly possible, and why that shouldn't deter you
• The tricks those busy editorial marketers have up their sleeve and how you can mimic them
• Managing marketing by thinking in ones

• Denise Cowle: denisecowleeditorial.com
• Louise Harnby: harnby.co/fiction-editing

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Louise Harnby and Denise Cowle talk to Rich Leder about writing screenplays and novels. Rich has worked with some of the biggest names in the movie industry. He shares what he's learned about Hollywood, TV and novel craft.

• The differences between writing a screenplay and novel from scratch
• Cooking for Cannibals: Being edited and receiving feedback
• Converting film to novel, or novel to film
• Primal, and why Nicolas Cage makes the perfect Frank Walsh
• Stage direction during the screenplay-writing stage
• Character descriptions, noise and environment, and writing a screenplay
• How does the editing process differ for screenplays and novels?
• How much is the author involved in the making of the movie?
• How long does it take to get a movie made? From treatment to option to production
• Impactful career moments, including how working with Sidney Poitier changed his life

Rich Leder Novelist - Screenwriter

Rich Leder has been a working writer for more than three decades. His credits include 19 produced movies—television films for CBS, Lifetime, and Hallmark and feature films for Lionsgate, Paramount Pictures, Tri-Star Pictures, Longridge Productions, and Left Bank Films—and six novels for Laugh Riot Press.

He’s been the lead singer in a Detroit rock band, a restaurateur, a Little League coach, an indie film director, a literacy tutor, a magazine editor, a screenwriting coach, a wedding guru, a PTA board member, a commercial real estate agent, and a visiting artist for the UNCW Film Studies Department, among other things, all of which, it turns out, was grist for the mill.

He resides on the North Carolina coast with his awesome wife, Lulu, and is sustained by the visits home of their three fabulous children. 

Cooking for Cannibals Blurb: 

Fountain of youth? More like murderous medication!

Carrie Cromer pushes the boundaries of science, not her social life. The brilliant behavioral gerontologist’s idea of a good time is hanging out with her beloved lab rats and taking care of her elderly mother and the other eccentric old folks at the nursing home. So no one is more surprised than Carrie when she steals the lab’s top-secret, experimental medicine for aging in reverse.

Two-time ex-con Johnny Fairfax dreams of culinary greatness. But when his corrupt parole officer tries to drag him from the nursing home kitchen, the suddenly young-again residents spring to his defense and murder the guy—and then request Johnny cook them an evidence-devouring dinner to satisfy their insatiable side-effect appetite.

As their unexpected mutual attraction gets hot, Carrie and Johnny find themselves caught up with the authorities who arrive to investigate the killing. But even more dangerous than the man-eating not-so-senior citizens could be the arrival of death-dealing pharmaceutical hitmen.

Can Carrie and Johnny find true love in all this bloody madness?

LINKS: 

• Website 
• Amazon 
• Good Reads
• Facebook
• Instagram
• Pre-order Cooking for Cannibals here

• Denise Cowle: denisecowleeditorial.com
• Louise Harnby: harnby.co/fiction-editing

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Louise Harnby and Denise Cowle talk about editing short-form content such as newsletters, letters, blog posts, short stories, essays and reports.

• The different types of content that fall into the short-form category
• The benefits and challenges of short-form content editing
• Advice on the remit: client expectations, the brief, ethical issues and practical responsibilities
• Consistency and style
• Scheduling issues
• Pricing
• Marketing

• Denise Cowle: denisecowleeditorial.com
• Louise Harnby: harnby.co/fiction-editing

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Louise Harnby and Denise Cowle talk about accountability groups, and how they can help editors and other freelance editorial professionals emotionally and practically.

• Taking plans beyond the planning stage
• How an accountability group can help you
• How you set one up.
• How many people to include in a group
• How often an accountability group meets
• Online or in-person works
• How long a meeting should be
• What tools are useful
• What you might contribute
• Accountability and what can go wrong

The easiest way to ping us a question is via Facebook Messenger: Visit the podcast's Facebook page and click on the SEND MESSAGE button.

• Denise Cowle: denisecowleeditorial.com
• Louise Harnby: harnby.co/fiction-editing

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Louise Harnby and Denise Cowle talk to editor Crystal Shelley about sensitivity (authenticity) reading.

• What is sensitivity reading?
• What types of topics do people read for?
• What does the sensitivity reading process look like?
• Why should an author hire a sensitivity reader?
• What type of feedback does a sensitivity reader give?
• How does someone become a sensitivity reader?
• Some authors are hesitant to work with a sensitivity reader because there's concern about censorship or having books pulled. How do you address those concerns?
• Is sensitivity reading only useful for fiction? 
• How do authors find sensitivity readers?

You can find out more about Crystal at Rabbit with a Red Pen: rabbitwitharedpen.com

• Find a sensitivity reader: Binders for Sensitivity Readers: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2263914640530111
• Conscious Style Guide: https://consciousstyleguide.com/
• Editors of Color: https://editorsofcolor.com/

The easiest way to ping us a question is via Facebook Messenger: Visit the podcast's Facebook page and click on the SEND MESSAGE button.

• Denise Cowle: denisecowleeditorial.com
• Louise Harnby: harnby.co/fiction-editing

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Louise Harnby and Denise Cowle discuss marketing for editors and proofreaders, and offer 3 tips on how to overcome the fear.

1. Giving yourself permission to be an imperfect marketer
2. Concentrating on your own marketing rather than comparing yourself with everyone else
3. Following your own path and developing a strategy that’s appropriate for you, even if other people are doing things differently

The easiest way to ping us a question is via Facebook Messenger: Visit the podcast's Facebook page and click on the SEND MESSAGE button.

1. Denise Cowle: denisecowleeditorial.com
2. Louise Harnby: harnby.co/fiction-editing

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Louise Harnby and Denise Cowle talk to thriller writer Andy Maslen about the creative-writing process.

• Writing a series vs standalone novels
• Tips on developing a coherent series
• Starting afresh with a new set of characters in a new environment
• Top creative-writing tips for beginner author
• Recommended writing-craft resources
• Back-cover blurb and Amazon blurbs
• Cover design
• Andy Maslen: andymaslen.com

The easiest way to ping us a question is via Facebook Messenger: Visit the podcast's Facebook page and click on the SEND MESSAGE button.

• Denise Cowle: denisecowleeditorial.com
• Louise Harnby: harnby.co/fiction-editing

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Louise Harnby and Denise Cowle talk to author David Unger about transforming a novel from print to audio.

• Doing your own narration vs hiring a pro
• How to find a professional voice artist
• Which qualities are important
• The process of working with a professional narrator
• Obstacles to creating audio books
• Costs and time frame
• David Unger: davidungerphd.com

The easiest way to ping us a question is via Facebook Messenger: Visit the podcast's Facebook page and click on the SEND MESSAGE button.

• Denise Cowle: denisecowleeditorial.com
• Louise Harnby: harnby.co/fiction-editing

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Louise Harnby and Denise Cowle talk to mystery writer David Unger about story creation and revision.

• What made David want to start writing and who inspired him
• Writing an alter ego
• The revision process
• On being edited
• David Unger: davidungerphd.com

• Denise Cowle: denisecowleeditorial.com
• Louise Harnby: harnby.co/fiction-editing

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