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May 22, 2023

Thinking Fiction: Whose book, for how long?

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Tags: Carolyn Haley, copyright, estate planning, fiction, legal rights, literary assets, novels, ownership

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May 19, 2021

Thinking Fiction: Three Types of Indie Editing Clients

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Tags: authors, Carolyn Haley, editing, editing fiction, fiction, independent authors, indie authors, novels, patterns in editing, Thinking Fiction

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November 27, 2020

Thinking Fiction — The Indie Editor/Author Equation, Part 1

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Tags: best practices, Carolyn Haley, editing, editing fiction, editor/author, fiction, independent authors, independent editors, indie authors, indie editors, novels, publishing, self-employed editors, self-publishing, Thinking Fiction, trad-pub, traditional publishing

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April 20, 2020

Thinking Fiction: The Three Bottom-line Facts of Writing and Publishing Novels

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Tags: art, author, craft, editing, editor, fiction, new authors, novelists, novels, publish, publishing, transition, voice, writing

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April 8, 2019

Storycraft for Novelists and Their Editors: Resources to Help Authors Get It Right

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Tags: books about writing, commercial success, Dwight Swain, editing, fiction, home library, how to write, how-to guides, indie authors, novels, Orson Scott Card, Stephen King, story ideas, storycraft, storywriting, suggestions, writers' resources

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March 4, 2019

Lazy Writing, Part 2 — Something to Combat, but Sometimes Appreciate

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Tags: author, bloopers, book, Carolyn Haley, characters, cliffhangers, contracts, creativity, developmental, editing, editor, editor's role, editorial work, fiction, indie authors, lazy writing, manuscripts, marketplace, novels, reader, series, story, subjectivity

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April 12, 2018

Thinking Fiction: Indie-Editor House Style, Part Three — Themes and Variations

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Tags: author, Carolyn Haley, chronology, conventions, dialogue, editing fiction, editor, editorial choices, editorial rules, fiction, formatting, grammar, house style, independent author, indie author, novels, publishing, querying, references, resources, self-publishing, source, style, style sheet, terms, variables

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February 16, 2018

Thinking Fiction: Indie-Editor House Style, Part Two — The Author Factor

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