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Editing & Writing Advice

To Be-ware or not To Be-ware: Large Publisher, Small Press

This week seems to be the week to blog about small presses, and seeing so many posts brought something to my mind. I’ve always considered Pelican Book Group to be a small press—as I’m sure most people do—but what exactly makes a small press a small press? Is it the size of its catalogue, number of employees, the benefits and drawbacks of being published by said press, or is it strictly the annual revenue generated (and is any of that good or bad)? As I pondered these things, I decided to do a comparison of what large publishers do and what this small press (Pelican Book Group) does.

Writing “Challenges” — Cindy K. Green on Andrea and the 5-Day Challenge

How did you Come Up with the Title Andrea & the Five Day Challenge originally started as a short story I’d titled Homecoming Madness. It didn't take long for me to realize that this was going to be longer than a short story. In fact, before I knew it I...

The Throwaway and Overused Word List

A lot of editors have a list of words they prefer not to see at all, prefer to see as little as possible, or prefer to be spelled or used only in certain ways.  At PBG, our current list is fluid, simply because sometimes, the wrong word can be used the right...
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