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Carly Hayward, Editor
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mastodon 4.7.3Book Light Editorial & RevPit editor, Story Chat Radio co-host. Disabled. You'll usually find me cuddling w/ a cup of tea and a great book. She/her
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Feels like Spring 🌸
Settling in to start a manuscript with tea and Percy 😄What are your plans for this weekend?
How will you be spending your Friday night?
Me?
I’ll be sorting all of these ribbons from my grandma!
It is not Sunday but I’m still posting a shelfie today. Mainly because I want to show off these antique Victorian bookends my husband gave to me as an anniversary gift.
Testimonial from the author of The Tenfold Tenants and Stake Around and Find Out, E.V. Belknap! 🎊
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When she is not stealing my seat or heating pad, she’s going after my sweet treats!
Anyone else ready for the weekend? I know I am!
My indie author appreciation post for today is for Rara Hope! Rara’s writing is so poetic and beautiful. I love diving into her complex worlds and helping her pluck at the different threads.
Testimonial from Laura Catherine, author of Enemies to Booksellers 🎉
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Every author should have a compassionate and insightful editorial team as part of their crew. From developmental editing to copyediting, we work with both indie and traditional authors to help forge their story.
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Testimonial from Deana Birch, author of Faster and Slower! 🎉
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When giving exposition to the reader, share why the information matters to your character. Color it with your character’s opinions.
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Hope everyone is working as hard as Percy this Monday!
Voice is demonstrated via tone, word choice, sentence structure, paragraph structure, use of description, exposition, narration, dialogue, pacing, themes, character archetypes, even subject matter.
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Meet our editing familiars:
-The Raven represents knowledge, creativity, and expertise when it comes to manuscript editing.
-The Dragon is a fierce protector of your voice and so, making sure that the book stays true to what you envision.
-And the Cat is a supportive companion that is there to be your partner for the long-haul.
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Every character is unreliable because they view the world through their own particular lens.
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Hey authors, how do you make your character’s voice standout?
Ask yourself: How has your character’s background, situation, experiences, changed how they view the world? What lenses color the way they speak and interact with others?
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We specialize in fantasy, romance, and sci-fi genres for the adult or young adult audience. We do not work on pieces that use generative AI, human voices only. Contact us via our website if you’re interested or have any questions!
To tag or not to tag your character’s dialogue?
Don’t tag every line of dialogue. Yes, we need tags in the beginning, but character’s speech patterns and action beats outside of dialogue should help us know who is speaking.
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Testimonial from Darby Cox, author of A Day of Breath🎉
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It’s #RevPit season! And this week you can meet all our amazing editors. Join me on TODAY on Bluesky and you can ask me all the burning questions you have. Do I love to read? (Obviously, why would you even ask that?), Do I have cats? (Yes, two! Let’s discuss their cuteness), Or the really hard questions like what even are books? (they are good things and uh I love them).
I think Percy is getting too comfortable in her life of crime. Now she is stealing my heating pad while I’m using it!
Why is worldbuilding important in non-fantasy stories?
Worldbuilding affects your characters’ belief systems and their understanding of that world; it shapes their choices, their circumstances, and their goals.
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Let’s do an indie author appreciation posts and who better to start with than Kim Alexander. As one of my oldest clients, Kim is always amazing to work with. We can read each other’s minds and know exactly how we want to move forward with edits.
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Testimonial from Kim Alexander, International best-selling author of the Demon Door series! 🎉
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Testimonial from Rebecca Thorne, author of This Gilded Abyss 🎉
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How to make a satisfying ending
Even if you want to leave things open-ended or land on a cliffhanger, there should still be something conclusive for the book – whether that’s a complete arc, or a resolution of the initial conflict.
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Alright, the sub window for #RevPit is closing, so let’s get down and dirty about writing and editing while you wait for the results. Instead of agonizing why don’t you come and chat with me about writing tips and tricks and maybe play some games!
There are three types of voice in writing: author, narrator, and character.
Author voice = writing style
Narrator voice = the voice telling the story (i.e. POV)
Character voice = the way your character thinks and speaks
Testimonial from Romance author, Brooke Blair! 🎉
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Stagnant main characters aren’t believable.
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The internal arc of a story is the character facing their wounds and flaws and changing, failing to change, or stagnating in their attempts to change.
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No one panic, but it’s time! The sub window for #RevPit is open this weekend. Enter to win a developmental edit from one of our great editors. Even if you don’t win, we have lots of fun and you can learn so much about writing and editing.
It’s #RevPit season! And this week you can meet all our amazing editors. Join me on 3/5 on Bluesky and you can ask me all the burning questions you have. Do I love to read? (Obviously, why would you even ask that?), Do I have cats? (Yes, two! Let’s discuss their cuteness), Or the really hard questions like what even are books? (they are good things and uh I love them).
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No one panic, but it’s time! The sub window for #RevPit is open now! Enter to win a developmental edit from one of our great editors. Even if you don’t win, we have lots of fun and you can learn so much about writing and editing.