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Val M. Mathews

@EditorVMathews

Editorial Consultant @CRAFT & @MastersReview Instructor: Queen's University Ontario @queensu & Editorial Freelancers Association

 Athens, GA
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Joined July 2011
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Start your fiction editing journey! Sign up for EFA’s Self-Paced Online Developmental Editing Course for Fiction. Use the promo code for a discount: VM-yVq8mzNUnC. Go to: the-efa.org/product/developm… #WritingCommunity #amediting
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Cultural Appropriation for the Worried Writer: some practical advice by @jeannette_ng medium.com/p/cultural-approp… #WritingCommunity #amediting
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Scott Myers@GoIntoTheStory21 Jul 2018
More than EVER, we need good storytellers. Put a human face on The Other. Shed light on a Deeper Truth. Engender Empathy. Fan the flames of Hope. Motivate people to Act. Make us Laugh. Make us Cry. Make us Thrilled. Make us Think. But mostly, make us feel our Shared Humanity.
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Check out this blog post about revision, "The Search for Authenticity," from my developmental editing client, Laura Martin: lauramartin.co/post/the-sear…. Her new psychological suspense, Blame the Dogs, is available for preorder: amzn.to/4iKJvDo #WritingCommunity

The search for authenticity

As I just finished editing a scene, a flashback capturing the gaping contrast in the home situation of my protagonist Herbert and the girl next door Janey, I am grateful for having to wipe away a few...

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A week away from completing another edit after a brutal but oh-so-necessary dev edit by the exceptional @EditorVMathews ... Taught me a "thing or two". ;-) So grateful. In about a week, my manuscript is going to the ARs. Join them here: lauramartin.co/advanced-read… 💃🕺 #books #tbr

Advance your Reading | Laura Martin

Do you read so much, you consider yourself a bit of an expert? Then you may like to become an Advanced Reader!

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Have you dreamed of being a freelance developmental book editor? Join me at the Editorial Freelancers Association for a self-paced class. Rolling registration. community.the-efa.org/store/… #WritingCommunity #amediting
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Hey, editors out there! The Advanced class in Fiction Developmental Editing at the Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA) starts online April 3. We have a few seats left! I hope you will join me online. Sign up here: the-efa.org/product/developm…. #WritingCommunity #Editors #Editing
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16 Commonly Confused Words #writerscommunity #writingcommunity #author #writers #writerslife #amwriting #writingtips #writersnetwork #writings #authors inventingrealityediting.com/…
16 Commonly Confused Words

16 Commonly Confused Words

• Abhorrent vs. aberrant  • Climactic vs. climatic  • Deep-seated vs. deep-seeded  • Gray vs. grey • Lay vs. lie  • Maddenly vs. maddeningly• Recheck vs. re-check • Wrack vs. rack …

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Have you dreamed of being a freelance developmental book editor? Join me at the Editorial Freelancers Association for a self-paced class. Rolling registration. #WritingCommunity #amediting the-efa.org/product/developm…
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One of my favorite poems is "The Red Wheelbarrow" by William Carlos Williams. A fiction manuscript I'm giving feedback on today reminded me of this simple but impactful poem. #WritingCommunity #poetrylovers poetryfoundation.org/article…
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Dig deep into the editor's mind with @EditorVMathews Editor Interview – Val Mathews killzoneblog.com/2022/12/edi…
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Smile, you’re on camera! Fascinating view of the @NASA_Orion spacecraft, built by @nasa & @esa, on its way to the moon. Even more fascinating is the little blue planet in the corner. Everyone of us humans is on that photo. Really, everyone. #WeAreGoing #ForwardToTheMoon
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Replying to @esaspaceflight
Wave, everybody 👋 Here's the first view of Earth from a human-rated spacecraft, not seen since 1972 🤯#Artemis
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"Things You Should Know When Writing About Guns" by @ChuckWendig. Funny read. #WritingCommunity #amediting terribleminds.com/ramble/201…
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Intermediate Developmental Editing class starts March 14. "Val went above and beyond in answering discussion board posts with insightful and in-depth responses." #WritingCommunity #editor #editors #writers the-efa.org/product/developm…
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Intermediate Developmental Editing class starts March 14. Val's "feedback helped me learn so much. Best editorial instructor I've ever had. I've signed up for the intermediate class." #editors #editor #writers the-efa.org/product/developm…
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Here are some great organizations helping Ukrainian refugees: Nova Ukraine novaukraine.org Razom for Ukraine razomforukraine.org/razom-em… World Central Kitchen wck.org/relief/activation-ch… Global Giving globalgiving.org/projects/uk…
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Developmental editors assess how a manuscript hangs together as a whole, how a story moves and unfurls, how characters drive the story forward. Sign up for EFA's Intermediate Developmental Editing class starting March 14 online. #WritingCommunity #Editor the-efa.org/product/developm…
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Sending a little love to my super rock star of an editor Val @EditorVMathews @WildRosePress #WritingCommunity
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I'm seeing a lot of mix ups lately on commonly confused words like discreet and discrete. #WritingCommunity #CommonlyConfusedWords #EditorForHire #DoWhatYouLove #GrammarGoodies #AmEditing #IndieAuthor
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