Laura Antram Editing

writing

  • Book blurbs

    I’ve been thinking about blurbs and how those few sentences give readers a taste of what…

  • Confidence

    Confidence is situational and varies from person to person. For example, when I worked in early…

  • Rhythm in writing

    The main thing I love about learning to tap dance is the teacher explaining how you…

  • What a beta reader or proofreader looks for in a manuscript

    I know handing over a manuscript that you’ve spent months or, even years, working on can…

  • Taking breaks for inspiration

    Does this sound familiar? You’re having a perfectly normal conversation when you stop mid-sentence with the…

  • Subject- verb agreement

    One of the items on my proofreading checklist is subject-verb agreement. What’s wrong with this sentence?…

  • Manuscript overwhelm

    Does this sound familiar?  You open a manuscript. Feel overwhelmed. Close the manuscript. That feeling of…

  • To-do lists

    On Thursday I completed everything on my weekly to-do list. I was immediately suspicious that I’d…

  • Hyphenation and compound adjectives

    Hyphenation can be tricky, but a general rule is if a compound adjective, which is made…

  • Authors and readers

    As an editor or proofreader, you provide a stepping stone between the author and the reader.…

  • Wired for Story observation

    Sometimes you need something obvious to be said in a different way. I recently finished reading…

  • If I can help one author

    If I can help one author feel confident in the book they are about to publish,…

  • Overthinking

    Does anyone else struggle with overthinking? I think wanting everything to be just so as a…