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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

Editing and Authorial Voice

By Julianne Pearson

September 9, 2019 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Editing and Authorial Voice

Everyone has different ways of understanding the world around them, and in order to draw that out for a keen audience, it is necessary for an editor to make all those red lines and to work with the writer to help them dig out their own unique voice.

Filed Under: Editing Tagged With: audience, authorial voice, balance, critique, critiquing, Editing, editor, publishing, voice, writer, writing

Who’s Staying in Virginia Woolf’s Room?

By Arielle Roper

September 4, 2019 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Who’s Staying in Virginia Woolf’s Room?

Built in 1912 and renovated in the 1980s, the hotel has just enough squeak in the stair and just enough musty book smell in the reader’s attic to give bibliophiles the chills. Rooms are categorized as either “Classics,” “Best Sellers,” or “Novels.” Mark Twain’s bust sits over the mantel, Jules Verne’s submarine door clangs shut every evening, and Shakespeare’s room has dueling swords mounted on the wall, just in case. It’s perfect for a writer’s retreat or a solitary writer’s escape, as well as for hosting a reading, a book launch, or a writing workshop. And can we talk about the library?

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: american authors, bibliophile, book lovers, Ernest Hemingway, hotel, jules verne, library, Reading, shakespeare and company, sylvia beach, vacation, virginia woolf, writers, writers' retreat, writing

What’s All the Hullabaloo?: A Perspective on Trigger Warnings

By Maegan O'Brion

May 10, 2019 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

What’s All the Hullabaloo?: A Perspective on Trigger Warnings

Do we, the storytellers, have a responsibility to warn our audience about subject matter that could cause that kind of distress? That’s right. I’m talking about trigger warnings.

Filed Under: Inside Ooligan Tagged With: accessibility, books, Controversy, disability, Entertainment, mental health, mental illness, Ooligan, Pacific Northwest, Perspective, Recovery, Trigger Warnings, writing

Poetic Communication: What it means for writers and editors

By Tiffany Watson

April 12, 2019 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Poetic Communication: What it means for writers and editors

Creating an original voice, going against the grain of convention, has little to do with the spark we are often told about. Rather, it is a conscious effort to know the rules and when to innovate.

Filed Under: Editing Tagged With: Convention, Editing, innovation, Language, literature, Mark Turner, philosophy, Roland Posner, Spark, Stephen King, writing

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