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How to Edit Your Own Short Story

By Claire Meyer

December 6, 2019 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

How to Edit Your Own Short Story

Finding an editor can prove difficult and expensive, but if you go about it with tact and strategy, editing your short story yourself might yield good results. Though editing can be exhausting, there are a few strategies I find helpful when I write creatively.

Filed Under: Editing Tagged With: clarify, edit, Editing, editor, guide, how-to, publishing, reread, revise, revision, short story, tips, write, writers, writing

Know Better, Do Better: Editing for Authenticity in Our Spring YA Title

By Hazel Wright

December 2, 2019 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Know Better, Do Better: Editing for Authenticity in Our Spring YA Title

Our May 2020 title faces down its darker elements—including violence, bigotry, and abuse—with both unflinching realism and hope. Importantly, it portrays the struggles of two main characters who fall under the LGBTQIA+ umbrella. Because these identities do not exist as a monolith, and also because this is a book intended for a YA audience, Ooligan chose to incorporate authenticity readers (sometimes called sensitivity readers) into the editorial process.

Filed Under: Editing, Start to Finish Tagged With: A, authenticity, best practices, Collaboration, Editing, editorial, feedback, gender, Inclusive, Introduction, lgbtqia, new, postapocalyptic, queer, rewriting, S2F, sensitivity, small press, start to finish, writing, young adult

Why Authors Should Obsessively Read Submission Guidelines

By Taylor Thompson @taylormegon

October 21, 2019 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Why Authors Should Obsessively Read Submission Guidelines

Not only does reading the submission guidelines tell you something about the agent or publisher you’re trying to impress, but it also tells that agent or publisher something about you. Don’t believe me? Here are five reasons you should obsess over submission guidelines.

Filed Under: Manager Monday Tagged With: author, Authors, books, Oregon, PNW, queries, Reading, Submission Guidelines, submissions, writing

Creating Productive Routines

By Marina Garcia

October 9, 2019 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

We’re often faced with the following questions: How do I get it all done? How do I make myself write? In that vein, I’ve compiled a few tips for creating or maintaining productive routines to better face the trials of working in publishing.

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: Editing, Marketing, planning, productivity, publishing, routine, schedule, scheduling, time management, work, writing

The Merits of Hand Marking in the Modern Era

By Andre Cole

September 20, 2019 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

The Merits of Hand Marking in the Modern Era

Is it really that surprising that our generation is cynical about any analogue workflows when we’ve seen several outmoded in our lifetimes? Unfortunately, it is that exact disillusionment that causes some genuinely useful pre-Y2K skills to be overlooked. Case in point: hand-marked editing.

Filed Under: Editing Tagged With: Authors, copyediting, Editing, Editors, grammar, hand, hand marking, Luddite, Millennials, old ways, Paper, pen, privacy, Progress, readability, symbols, technology, track changes, typing, visibility, writing

The Indie Presses of Portland

By Dani Nicholson @danielluhh72

September 18, 2019 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

The Indie Presses of Portland

In Portland, there’s an independent press for every sort of project you can imagine. More importantly, each press has a unique mission statement that will help you, the writer, find the best match for your personal and creative goals. Let this guide to local indie publishing houses help you decide where to submit your next piece.

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: Burnside Review, creativity, Forest Avenue Press, Future Tense Books, independent presses, independent publishers, indie presses, Indie Publishers, inspired, Microcosm Publishing, Oregon, Overcup Press, Pacific Northwest, pdx, Perfect Day Publishing, Portland, Portland presses, publishing, Small Presses, Tin House Books, writing

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