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The LionheART Guide to Editing Fiction: US Edition
The LionheART Guide to Editing Fiction is a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to editing fiction in Word 2010.
Karen Perkins of LionheART Publishing House has helped over a hundred books come to publication in the past year alone, and whilst there are numerous comprehensive grammar guides out there, it is not always that easy to pick out the elements that are most useful to us as authors of fiction.
There are two options for getting this right: hiring an editor or doing it yourself. This guide is for authors who want to be intimately involved (and in control) of every aspect of their book. I wanted to compile a tool which is simple, easy to use and full of tips to help you decipher the punctuation and grammatical rules and apply them to your own work – without drowning you in information – whilst paying attention to current trends in the publishing industry. The areas I have highlighted are the ones I come across most often when editing and I also detail the method I use when editing and polishing a manuscript for publication.
Karen Perkins of LionheART Publishing House has helped over a hundred books come to publication in the past year alone, and whilst there are numerous comprehensive grammar guides out there, it is not always that easy to pick out the elements that are most useful to us as authors of fiction.
There are two options for getting this right: hiring an editor or doing it yourself. This guide is for authors who want to be intimately involved (and in control) of every aspect of their book. I wanted to compile a tool which is simple, easy to use and full of tips to help you decipher the punctuation and grammatical rules and apply them to your own work – without drowning you in information – whilst paying attention to current trends in the publishing industry. The areas I have highlighted are the ones I come across most often when editing and I also detail the method I use when editing and polishing a manuscript for publication.
- GenresNonfiction
73 pages, Paperback
First published February 9, 2014
166 people want to read
About the author
Karen Perkins
37 books245 followersKaren Perkins is the author of the Yorkshire Ghost Stories, the Pendle Witch Short Stories and the Valkyrie Series of historical nautical fiction. All of her fiction has appeared at the top of bestseller lists on both sides of the Atlantic, including the top 21 in the UK Kindle Store in 2018.
Her first Yorkshire Ghost Story – THE HAUNTING OF THORES-CROSS – won the Silver Medal for European Fiction in the prestigious 2015 Independent Publisher Book Awards in New York, whilst her Valkyrie novel, DEAD RECKONING, was long-listed in the 2011 MSLEXIA novel competition.
Originally a financial advisor, a sailing injury left Karen with a chronic pain condition which she has been battling for over twenty five years (although she did take the European ladies title despite the injury!). Writing has given her a new lease of – and purpose to – life, and she is currently working on A Question of Witchcraft – a sequel to Parliament of Rooks: Haunting Brontë Country.
To find out more about current writing projects as well as special offers and competitions, you are very welcome to join Karen in the her Facebook group. This is an exclusive group where you can get the news first, as well as have access to early previews and chances to get your hands on new books before anyone else. Find us on Facebook at:
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Her first Yorkshire Ghost Story – THE HAUNTING OF THORES-CROSS – won the Silver Medal for European Fiction in the prestigious 2015 Independent Publisher Book Awards in New York, whilst her Valkyrie novel, DEAD RECKONING, was long-listed in the 2011 MSLEXIA novel competition.
Originally a financial advisor, a sailing injury left Karen with a chronic pain condition which she has been battling for over twenty five years (although she did take the European ladies title despite the injury!). Writing has given her a new lease of – and purpose to – life, and she is currently working on A Question of Witchcraft – a sequel to Parliament of Rooks: Haunting Brontë Country.
To find out more about current writing projects as well as special offers and competitions, you are very welcome to join Karen in the her Facebook group. This is an exclusive group where you can get the news first, as well as have access to early previews and chances to get your hands on new books before anyone else. Find us on Facebook at:
www.facebook.com/groups/karenperkinsb...
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March 15, 2014
Karen Perkins' guide provides a detailed account of working with fiction. This is a must-have companion for any writer that is serious about taking an objective look at their work. This guide is a valuable resource to include in your resource collection. I always hope to provide my editor with the cleanest version possible of my writing, in order to make the task of editing smoother. You receive guidance on matters ranging from punctuation to grammar to overall sentence structure. After having taken the time to study this manual, I am more knowledgeable about reviewing my work. I recommend this guide for anyone that is genuinely concerned with quality editing.
February 25, 2015
My copy was obtained for free through a GoodReads First Reads Giveaway.
Not a very thick book at all, but still pretty awesome. And just in time for Camp Nano!
I've never been good at editing my own stories, (or writing them in fact) not for lack of trying though, I was always intimidated by the editing process, especially with the longer documents. Anything over 15 pages printed out and I'd start delaying like crazy, doing everything else I could think of. I didn't want to read through all those words looking for errors or cutting out info or rearrange info. It's sort of like walking into your super-messy room as a kid and thinking 'this will take forever!' so instead of cleaning you start playing with the toys, using your bed as the playing space, and the rest of the room, piles and all, as uncharted lands to explore.
So this book focusing on editing should be a real help for me. I do most my writing in Word 2003, so while this book is more for how to find stuff in 2010 Word, I know I've seen the stuff in the 03 version, it'll take a bit to figure out where it all is but having the info on HOW to go about the editing process without worrying about losing a bunch of info I might need in later passes is definitely going to be a big help to find a start-point to the editing process.
Not a very thick book at all, but still pretty awesome. And just in time for Camp Nano!
I've never been good at editing my own stories, (or writing them in fact) not for lack of trying though, I was always intimidated by the editing process, especially with the longer documents. Anything over 15 pages printed out and I'd start delaying like crazy, doing everything else I could think of. I didn't want to read through all those words looking for errors or cutting out info or rearrange info. It's sort of like walking into your super-messy room as a kid and thinking 'this will take forever!' so instead of cleaning you start playing with the toys, using your bed as the playing space, and the rest of the room, piles and all, as uncharted lands to explore.
So this book focusing on editing should be a real help for me. I do most my writing in Word 2003, so while this book is more for how to find stuff in 2010 Word, I know I've seen the stuff in the 03 version, it'll take a bit to figure out where it all is but having the info on HOW to go about the editing process without worrying about losing a bunch of info I might need in later passes is definitely going to be a big help to find a start-point to the editing process.
February 28, 2017
I was quite impressed with this guide. It draws on themes and guidelines present in more complex guides and condenses it, relating it in a basic form, unlike this review, so that readers can understand the basic things to look out for when editing. It includes such things as spelling, grammar, punctuation, things to look out for, and how to format on Word to make editing some pesky parts of punctuation easier.
As somebody familiar with formatting and with some of the rules in this guide, it came across as a lightweight guide that is more useful as a companion for those who need to dip into editing fiction for the occasional project. In other words, I was looking for something more detailed.
However, it's an easy-to-understand guide with a friendly tone and I did learn a few tricks and useful ways to remember old rules.
As somebody familiar with formatting and with some of the rules in this guide, it came across as a lightweight guide that is more useful as a companion for those who need to dip into editing fiction for the occasional project. In other words, I was looking for something more detailed.
However, it's an easy-to-understand guide with a friendly tone and I did learn a few tricks and useful ways to remember old rules.
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