Storybites Blog

Wow, it seems like this blog has been a long time coming. You probably know that I’ve got a site — www.storybites.com/storybites — that reviews short stories. And you probably also know that I do freelance writing and editing as well. I’ve noticed for quite a while that many of my editing clients have the same problems — the same trouble with point of view, the same difficulties with dialogue tags. And I don’t know HOW many times people have emailed me to ask how to cite a Storybites article in MLA format! So I decided that a blog would be the perfect way for you to ask ME your questions, and for me to share the answers over a wider readership — with your permission, of course!

Unfortunately, I assumed that designing a blog was just like designing a website. Well, sure, if baking an apple pie is just like writing a book. I had to learn a whole new technology, and trust me, I have not learned it yet. Letting this site go live is a leap of faith. But I trust my readers to be patient with me; I’ll get better, don’t worry, and there will be fewer glitches as we go along.

So this is the beginning of a great adventure (for me, anyway). Please feel free to post any writing problems you may have, and I’ll try and suggest a solution. Similarly, if there’s a book you don’t understand, let’s talk about it; I haven’t read every book in the world (far from it), but maybe I can help. I invite other people to write in with suggestions and opinions, too. Just keep your posts clean and kind.

By the way — there are a lot of mean people on the internet, but you won’t read their posts here because I moderate the blog. (Ah, censorship rears its ugly head!) Scoff if you will, but we’re less likely to bare our souls if we think someone is going to put us down. Life puts us down enough; you will only get help and encouragement here.

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