New Deadline for Gouda & Cozy
While I’ve received some excellent submissions, I know this summer has been difficult for a lot of people. Therefore, I am extending the deadline for Gouda & Cozy until 9/30/26. That’s a full month extra to get your stories written and submitted. Need...
August 2026 Epona Muse Publishing News
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Let’s Talk About A Sample Edit
When you’re going to work with an editor you haven’t worked with before, it’s always a good idea to get a sample edit. What’s a sample edit? Usually it is the first 1000 words of the story (not the copyright page, acknowledgements or any other...
You Say “Writer’s Block”; I Say “Health Issue”.
The way my writing day is structured I get two, sometimes three, opportunities to drop 1000 words on various projects. I like writing different projects every day. It makes my brain purr. I feel like I’m accomplishing a lot and even though the progress on each...
Hey Authors, It’s Okay To Not Be Okay. Okay?
There’s a lot going on in the world right now. There’s the nonstop political shenanigans that give shenanigans a bad name, because those are supposed to be fun, right? There’s exploding diarrhea because who doesn’t want that in the heat of...
Recording Blog Posts For Accessibility And Audience Reach
As authors we write a blog or post an excerpt and it goes onto a website as text with a link. And while the reader can read it, they need to be sitting in front of their screen to do it (and hopefully not driving or distracted). Someone with a vision impairment can...
An Author’s Responsibility To Their Editor
Last week I blogged about an editor’s responsibility to an author, and to be honest, I’ve thought of a few more things to put on that list. However, as promised, I also wanted to write about an author’s responsibility to their editor. You see, the...
What Should Your Editor Do For You?
Authors usually hire an editor to check the punctuation and spelling of their books, often to comment on plot and character, but beyond “fix my manuscript” a lot of authors don’t pay much attention to what their editors can do for them. As someone...