So here you are, reading my blog on writing.  I’m glad you’re here.  And if you only read one blog on writing, I sure hope it’s mine.  But really, if you’re a writer you should read more than one blog.  Here are two blogs that I read regularly, and which I highly recommend:

1) The Blood Red Pencil.  http://bloodredpencil.blogspot.com/
My favorite blog about editing, written by editors, for authors. And by authors, for editors. They share the frustrations and the giddiness of making writing better.  They discourse on common and not-so-common mistakes, and how to avoid them, eliminate them, or at least recognize them when they rear their weasely little heads.  And they advise you on how to keep your defensive streak from spreading and ruining your manuscript. I love this blog and I nearly always learn something new whenever I read it.

2) Straight From Hel. http://straightfromhel.blogspot.com/
Writing advice, publishing news, book reviews and links from writer and freelance editor, Helen Ginger. Helen is pithy, funny, and as I used to say in my youth, right-on.   And she has a big following of other smart people who like to share their knowledge by commenting. I sometimes share writing tips that have worked for me or my clients/students. Do you have a writing tip you’d like to share?  If so, leave a comment here.  You might win something!  At the end of each month  I’ll gather up the “Writing Tip” comments from the month and pick one at random from a drawing, and send the winner of the drawing one of my e-books: your choice of “How to WOW Your Readers” or “You Can Be An Author, Even If You’re Not a Writer.”

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