Anne Morgan Edits

Anne Morgan Edits Writing Tips, Editing Insights, & Behind The Scenes In An Editor's Life . . . Hello Reader! Happy August! I don't know about you but I'm in need of a break. July was a whirlwind. I did a developmental edit for a contemporary romance, which I enjoyed quite a lot since I enjoy romances and this was the author's first romance. I got to spend time with cousins in Canada and then more cousins at a wedding on Long Island. I don't get to see any of my cousins enough, so any time...

Anne Morgan Edits Writing Tips, Editing Insights, & Behind The Scenes In An Editor's Life . . . Hello Reader! Does it feel like summer where you live yet? New York has had its first official heat wave (which here means 3 or more days over 90) and as I write this (June 26) I can hear the neighborhood kids outside enjoying their first day without school. I've spent June working on two big projects. One was setting up a new service (more on that below). Yesterday I spent more than 3 hours...

Anne Morgan Edits Writing Tips, Editing Insights, & Behind The Scenes In An Editor's Life . . . Hello Reader! Does it feel like summer where you live yet? June 21 is Summer Equinox, the official start of summer, but as I write this we're still experiencing cold and wet in northern NY. It worries me a little because I've finally gotten brave enough to set up a little garden. If it succeeds I'll expand it next year, but I'm not sure the weather is a good sign. The colder weather has certainly...

Anne Morgan Edits Writing Tips, Editing Insights, & Behind The Scenes In An Editor's Life . . . Hello Reader! Can you believe it's May already? And one week until Mother's Day (at least in the U.S.). The weather is nice and rainy here and flowers are almost convinced Spring has arrived– which probably means its a good thing they aren't watching TV with all the ads for Summer showing up already! V. cheers for Knights Of course in my house, May means Stanly Cup playoffs. We each have our...

Anne Morgan Edits Writing Tips, Editing Insights, & Behind The Scenes In An Editor's Life . . . Hello Reader! Happy Spring my friends! I hope you had a good March. Mine ended up being super busy. The Women in Publishing Summit was excellent, but definitely left me tired. So naturally it was the perfect time to start another course (in my defense, I hadn't realized the timing when I signed up for it) through the Nonfiction Authors Association for a Book Marketing Professional Certification....

Anne Morgan Edits writing tips, editing insights, & Behind the scenes in an editor's life Hello Reader! Happy March everyone! Just think, it'll be Spring on the 20th (here in the Northern Hemisphere at least). Being Wiccan, I always do something to celebrate the turning of the seasons- and for me it generally involves baking a (hopefully) tasty dessert. Last week I had my final video chat with my teenage fantasy writer. It has been so awesome watching her grow as a writer, developing side by...

Anne Morgan Edits writing tips, editing insights, & Behind the scenes in an editor's life Hello Reader! Congratulations everyone! We made it through January! Was it just me or did it feel like a crazy month? Snow in the South, colder than average temperatures other places and those wildfires! My heart goes out to everyone who was touched by the LA fires. Not to mention the recent plane crashes. As of the end of January I sent my second round of developmental edits back to my fantasy author. I...

Anne Morgan Edits writing tips, editing insights, & Behind the scenes in an editor's life Hello Reader! Happy 2025! Are you ready for a new year? It's hard to believe we've turned the calendar already isn't it? I'm figuring it'll take at least 3 months before I get used to writing "2025". How about you? December flew by for me, but interestingly I got busier as the month came to a close. I ended the month with three manuscripts to read-a historical mystery, contemporary romance, and fantasy....

Anne Morgan Edits writing tips, editing insights, & Behind the scenes in an editor's life Hello Reader! Can you believe its December already? I don't know about you but to me the year feels like it has flown. Violet in Thanksgiving snow Our Thanksgiving was nice and quiet, largely thanks to a surprise eight inches of snow we got during the course of the day! While it made Violet happy, the rest of us were just glad to stay indoors. Even though she's older, Violet does still enjoy getting out...