Jill Garvin Durkin Jill Garvin Durkin

Welcome 2025! And Self-Editing Resources

Happy New Year!

Advertising Duck suggests that finding an editor can help you achieve your writing goals for the year.

Before you engage an editor though, self-editing is your next step after completing your manuscript!

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Jill Garvin Durkin Jill Garvin Durkin

Weasel Words and Waffling

It was Groundhog Day last week. I don’t have any editing stories about groundhogs, but I do want to talk about an arguably verminous aspect of writing: weasel words and waffling. Haven’t heard of these terms? Read on to find out.

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Jill Garvin Durkin Jill Garvin Durkin

Welcome, 2024

This is January in Ottawa. It’s snowy. It's cold. Yes, we make jokes about the weather hurting our faces, but it could definitely be worse. Look: it was sunny today!

Have you made any writing resolutions or goals this year? This is the perfect time to book your editing!

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