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Name: Susan Mary Malone
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About the Author: Susan Mary Malone (http://www.maloneeditorial.com), book editor, has gotten many authors published, has edited books featured in Publishers Weekly & won numerous awards. See her services at http://www.maloneeditorial.com/editorial-services.htm & writing tips at http://www.maloneeditorial.com/blog/


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MaloneEditorial.com: Structure And The Novel–Those Dreaded Sagging Middles

We’ve discussed a good bit about novel’s structure, focusing so far on writing a bang-up opening line, the first fifty pages, and getting through Act One. If you’ve set those up well, then segueing into the middle section proves much easier. Now, your story and characters are progressing nicely, and you’re cookin’! But what trips […]

MaloneEditorial.com: Writer’s Conferences In The Brave New World

Last weekend I spoke at the first annual Lexicon Writer’s Conference, which promises to be a big player as time goes on. I’m a conference proponent, as I’ve written about before. The information is almost always useful, and the networking, a huge boon. But as the publishing world changes, so too do writers conferences. Yes, […]

How To Win The Publishing Game

 Publishing has always been a pretty bizarre business. But with the advent of POD, then the e-book revolution and Social Media Marketing, it’s crazier than a three-ring monkey circus. And for those folks trying to break in—via any of the avenues—it can just be plain big-bang chaotic. I get emails almost every day from new […]

MaloneEditorial.com: 5 Steps To Finding A Freelance Editor

By Susan Mary Malone     All writers need good editors. More and more, even in this age of immediate publication via e-books, writers are realizing this fact. But one of the toughest problems they face these days is in finding good editors for their books. Last Saturday, Lawson Brooks III interviewed me on his […]

MaloneEditorial.com: Three Steps To Overcoming Writer’s Bloc

Got writer’s bloc? As folks in rural Texas say, we’re a’gin it.   Okay, so that’s somewhat flip. But the truth is that here, we don’t allow it. Don’t believe in it. Don’t succumb. It’s one of the few things that will get you whipped into shape from this office.   Yes, many, many folks […]