Crash Course in "Make Write Good"

I'm at that stage of editing when you grasp desperately at everything to help you in the Herculean task of Make Book Better. I inhaled Ellen Kushner's The Privilege of the Sword specifically to kick the 'write good sentences' part of my brain into gear, and found myself startled at just how good a book it was to inspire me to work on The Creature Court – far above my own skills, but sharing many similar themes and elements, enough to spur me on. Now I'm reading the Demon's Covenant by Sarah...