I received official notification from WordPress that my blog is now a year old:
Thank you to friends, followers, and everyone in this wonderful writing community for your friendship and support. I love working with writers, and my goal for my blog posts is to provide useful content that will help you whether you write for publication or “just because.” In honor of this auspicious occasion, I’m listing links to some of my most popular articles and guest posts from the last 12 months, and I hope I’ve grouped these in a way that makes searching topics a bit easier for you. Feel free to add a comment on any of them—your comments are always welcome.
Self-Editing
Struggling with Revisions? Try Playing with Paper Dolls
Self-Editing Checklist for Fiction Writers Part I: Macro Issues
Self-Editing Checklist for Fiction Writers Part II: Micro Issues
Keep Your Readers Reading: 4 Easy Ways to Improve Sentence Structure
Self Editing: Put Your Book on a Diet
How to Save Money on Editing by Preparing Your Manuscript
4 Easy Ways Self-Publishing Authors Can Save Money on Professional Editing
Editing
How to Survive “The Shock”: Your First Round of Editing
How a Professional Editor Can Help You Get Published: Developmental and Substantive Editing
Manuscript Editing Demystified
Can You Hear Me Now? Finding a Freelance Editor Who Listens
Testing, Testing: How to Choose a Freelance Editor
Can You Be Objective About Your Own Writing?
3 Things You Shouldn’t Hire an Editor to Do
Copyediting or Proofreading: 5 Steps to Determine What You Need
Beware of Snake-Oil Salesmen in the Editing Biz
When Your Character Is “Reaping Havoc,” You NEED an Editor!
I Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Editor! Or Do I?
5 Reasons Why You MUST Hire a Proofreader: My Guest Blog at The Life of a Thinker
Grammar
What Is It? Avoid Undefined Pronouns to Strengthen Your Writing
4 Simple Answers to the Question “Where Do Those Pesky Periods Go, Anyway?”
Effective Writing Isn’t Affected, Part I
Effective Writing Isn’t Affected, Part II
Minimize, Don’t Nominalize: Effective Writing Isn’t Affected, Part 3
Pass the Passive Writing, Please!
“Being” a Being Who Has a Pet Grammar Peeve
Becoming a Better Writer
Struggling with Revisions? Try Playing with Paper Dolls
Vacation: Embracing the Pause That Refreshes
How to (Almost) Instantly Improve Your Writing
4 Things Writing and Filing Taxes Have in Common
How Descriptive Are Your Verbs?
Present Tense: Breathlessly Waiting to Read About What’s Already Happened
Publishing
Why You Must Create a Compelling Book Description
Should Fiction Writers Bother with Blogs and Websites?
10 Reasons You Need an Editor for Indy Publishing
How a Professional Editor Can Help You Get Published: Manuscript Evaluation
How a Professional Editor Can Help You Get Published: Proofreading
How a Professional Editor Can Help You Get Published: Copyediting
. . . and A Little About Me
A Thank-You Letter to My Dad on Father’s Day
What a Difference a Year Makes
I hope you’ll bookmark this page and refer to it when you’re looking for information to help you on your writing journey. Feel free to share this list or any individual posts on your own blog, too–and thank you!
Happy Writing!
—Candace
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Candace Johnson is a professional freelance editor, proofreader, writer, ghostwriter, and writing coach who has worked with traditional publishers, self-published authors, and independent book packagers on nonfiction subjects ranging from memoirs to alternative medical treatments to self-help, and on fiction ranging from romance to paranormal. As an editorial specialist, Candace is passionate about offering her clients the opportunity to take their work to the next level. She believes in maintaining an author’s unique voice while helping him or her create and polish every sentence to make it the best it can be.
Happy anniversary!
Thanks, Gwen, and thanks for all your great comments in the past year. I really value your input.
Happy birthday to you, squashed tomatoes and stew, bread and butt-er in the gutt-er, happy birthday to you!
Thanks, Ian! I knew I could count on you for something special today.
Happy Anniversary, Candace! And great post! This is one I will save to my Evernote file 🙂
Thanks, Marie, and I hope there are a few pearls of wisdom in those posts for you.
Happy anniversary, Candace! Wow, look at all of your hard work over the past year! Thank you for the great information.
Jill, you have been one of my most supportive followers, and thank you for always taking the time to comment. You are so appreciated.
Congratulations on year one.
Thanks so much, Dennis–I appreciate the well wishes!
happy, Happy, HAPPY anniversary to YOU!
Thanks, Laurie, and thank you especially for the support you’ve given me this past year. You are a valuable part of this community!
You’re quite welcome. Here’s to another fantastic year of blogging! 🙂
Congratulations! You’re doing such great work. So many great posts!
Thank you, Brooke–that’s high praise coming from you! I really appreciate your support.
Congratulations!
Happy 1 year!
Congrats. Very exciting. I am happy to have found your site and be a part of it. Looking forward to another great year!
One year, huh? You come across as a seasoned veteran. Thanks for all the great, informative, and helpful posts.
Yup, just a year on the blog . . . which is a fun way to share what I know and love with other writers. Thanks, Eric, for your insights and support, and for always making me laugh!
Congratulations Candace! I’m very happy to be a part of your blog. I only hope I’ll be around for first year of my own!
Thanks so much, Chris, and I’m happy you’re here, too! This blogging stuff can be addictive; I bet your one-year anniversary will roll around before you even realize it’s coming (kinda like the holidays, right?).
All I can say is, you’re amazing! I’m so glad I found you. I appreciate all the great info and support you provide. Your positive attitude is a real lift to the spirit of this writer, as I’m sure it is to the others who follow and work with you. I know great things are in your future because it is very obvious to me that you love what you do. Thanks, Candace, for your inspiration and non-judgmental approach to what is often a painful process for writers.
Dorothy, you brought tears to my eyes! Not only do I enjoy working with you, but knowing that my help and support are helping you as a writer means the world to me. I do love what I do, and I am so grateful for your support and kudos.
You are my go to resource for writing and editing information. Always there, always happy and willing to share you expertise. The world needs more people like you, Candace. Congrats on one year; don’t forget about us little writers when you’ve gone big time 🙂
LOL, Oliver, I’d say the same to you! I plan to use my bragging rights one day soon: “I knew him when he was just blogging about beer and spinning fantastic stories.” Thanks so much for your kind words and your continued support!
Happy anniversary!! Now that I have more time to read I’ll be back more often.
Thank you, and I look forward to your comments.
Fantastic! Now that I know what goes into this, I’m truly impressed! 😉
Thanks so much, Kevin. It sounds so much easier than it actually is, right? I am in awe of my fellow bloggers now!
happy blogiversary!!! how exciting! 🙂
Thanks, Victoria. It’s the little things, right? 😉
It totally is! I was so excited for my blogiversary in April. I felt a real sense of accomplishment for having stuck with it!
Congratulations Candace! Time flies when you’re reading fun AND informative articles. So glad you found your way among friends here in the WordPress community.
Thanks, Phillip, and thanks for being such an important part of that community!