Writing

Members living in Texas or nearby,

Three of our MWSA members will be speaking at the Lexicon Writers Conference in Denton, Texas -- July 21-22.

Jack Woodville London, MWSA 2011 Author of the Year and our representative at the Navy's "Author on Deck" book tour in Italy and Spain, will be speaking on "Research for Historical Fiction."  Jack is a wonderful storyteller as anyone who has read the first two volumes of his "French Letters" trilogy will tell you. If you haven't heard him speak yet, this would be a great opportunity. 

Members living in Texas or nearby,

Three of our MWSA members will be speaking at the Lexicon Writers Conference in Denton, Texas -- July 21-22.

Jack Woodville London, MWSA 2011 Author of the Year and our representative at the Navy's "Author on Deck" book tour in Italy and Spain, will be speaking on "Research for Historical Fiction."  Jack is a wonderful storyteller as anyone who has read the first two volumes of his "French Letters" trilogy will tell you. If you haven't heard him speak yet, this would be a great opportunity. 

I just got off the phone with one of the reviewers who is also an English teacher. She encouraged me to mention to everyone who is writing and/or editing a book right now several issues that we see over and over again in the submissions that we receive. I'll bring them here for discussion over the next several days.

First, many of our members overuse passive voice. Passive voice is when the verb acts on the subject of the sentence rather than the object. Example, "The vase was broken by the wind." or "The boy was beaten by his father."

In a codocil to my earlier posting about copy editors, here's this: 

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