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Words to live (and write, and edit) by:
"An author merely begins a book. A reader finishes it."
-Samuel Johnson"Don’t tell me that the moon is shining; Show me the glint of light on broken glass."
-attributed to Anton Checkhov“I have been correcting the proofs of my poems. In the morning, after hard work, I took a comma out of one sentence…. In the afternoon I put it back again.”
-Oscar WildeEx Libris Editing\’s RSS
Tag Archives: Oregon
Have You Heard the Good Word(stock)?
The festival has changed over the years, but at its heart, there remains an honest love of books and the promotion of the connections that everyone—authors, readers, and publishers alike—get to make over them. Continue reading
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Tagged authors, books, literature, Oregon, PDX, Portland, Wordstock, writers, writing
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NaNoWriMo’s Over: Now What?
Hi friends, First, we wanted to give a massively impressed shout-out to all of you who started, worked on, and/or finished a project during NaNoWriMo! We both believe that NaNo’s not just for hitting that elusive, sparkly 50k and beyond; … Continue reading
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Tagged editing, ex libris, Ex Libris Editing, fiction, manuscript, nano, nanowrimo, Oregon, pacific northwest, PDX, Portland, promotion, writing
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Better late than never: we went to Wordstock!
Hi there, friends. We know, we know. A blog update? From Sarah and Sylvia? It’s true! We are indeed alive, and have so much to tell you. Namely that we’ve been too busy running around doing fun stuff like riding … Continue reading
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Tagged books, editing, Ex Libris Editing, literature, Oregon, PDX, Portland, Wordstock, writing
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Viva Scriva guest post: Are we there yet? How to know when your manuscript’s ready to submit, to whom, and why!
Hello friends, This last week, we had the pleasure of writing a guest post on the Viva Scriva blog. Viva Scriva is a Portland, Oregon-based critique group whose members are “…writers of picture books, middle grade, YA, textbooks, graphic novels, … Continue reading
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Tagged developmental editing, editing, Ex Libris Editing, Oregon, Portland, Viva Scriva, writing
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Welcome, Loose Leaf Literary Agency!
Greetings and happy autumn to everyone. Things have been a bit on the busy side for the two of us lately, and we’re sorry we haven’t been around that much to fill you in on what’s been happening with us … Continue reading
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