Christine Rowlands Writing & Editing
Making words count
When I was an editor in training, two things were drilled into my head: Don't mess with the author's voice. Don't introduce mistakes. The first…
In addition to writing, editing and proofreading, I am now also the proud steward of a Little Free Library. Books continue to be as important…
As the old curse goes, we certainly are living in interesting times here in the year 2017. A couple of years ago, (the bending of)…
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Remember road trips? Sometimes the purpose was the Road Trip itself; sometimes it had an actual destination. If you're a child of North America, chances…
E-books are perfect for bibliophile germophobes. You may miss the old-book smell, random marginalia, and chance of finding somebody's old photos and grocery list embedded…
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∞... and not about nobly starving for their art, either. We've all seen or read Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. In this classic tale, the…
As someone who started out with dreams of a career in book publishing, I've lately been watching the e-publishing phenomenon with interest. One thing is…
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