Short answer: Yes, for now. Content respinners, rewording tools and sentence rephrasers have been around for a long time. It was a way for black-hat SEO gurus to steal content and make it unique enough to still rank in google So why is Quillbot blowing up right now? AI Writing Tools are brand new and
Today on Reddit I saw a post from a young author who felt unsupported. He was seeking someone to edit his book for free, or give feedback or commentary. I’m sharing my response because I truly sympathize: writing can be hard and isolating. And getting real feedback from a developmental editor is expensive. I charge $5K+ for editing and...
I started this article ages ago but only recently decided to finish it: in the past I’ve been skeptical of writing coaches in general, and even made an hour long rant in Bali against publishing packages charging high rates. So let me start with that: most books won’t earn money, because most books aren’t written
I made a short video series about my editing and revision process but never added it to my blog, so here it is: To edit a book, fix what happens before polishing how you say it. The five passes here cover the events, the reasons behind them, the scene details, the chapter hooks, and a
The short version: Grammarly finds more typos and actual mistakes. In a full manuscript, it found 7 while ProWritingAid only caught 1. However, ProWritingAid sometimes catches things that Grammarly misses, and has very useful more advanced features that can help improve your writing by flagging slow passages, complex paragraphs, or repetition...
If you’re thinking about becoming a writer, you might be asking yourself whether you’re “Good Enough” to go professional. The short answer is YES, because quality doesn’t matter. Let me explain: Readers read for content, not quality. Yes, it needs to be clean and edited enough not to be distracting. I shoot...
Doing NaNoWriMo this year? The organization shut down in 2025, but the 50,000-word challenge still works. Plan November with my NaNoWriMo 2026 prep page (free templates and tools), then come back here in December to edit. While you draft, my free word tracker logs your daily count and streak, no sign-up needed. Years of publishing
I recently watched the movie “Genius” – which is about Thomas Wolfe and the editor who got him into print. The topic is a fascinating one, something I’ve discussed in previous posts, but fleshed out in more romantic detail in the movie. In short: “genius” is the pure, uncivilized, manic, raw, passionate...
Last week I went through my manuscript one last time and sent it out to beta readers; I’d already gone through it a dozen times, and I thought it was pretty clean. I assumed there’d be a handful of typos (there always are), and that the beta readers would catch them (they usually do). However,
Quick Answer Book editing costs $0.01–$0.05 per word for most projects — that’s $500–$4,000 for an 80,000-word novel, depending on the edit type. This is a long post, so I’ve summarized some info near the top for quick answers: Here is a list of book editing services along with an indication of the typical costs...
NaNoWriMo 2026: the official organization closed in 2025, but you can still write your 50K in November. My 2026 prep page has the free templates and tools; this post is for the December edit. While you draft, my free word tracker logs your daily count and streak, no sign-up needed. I used to be a
