This is a report of my key takeaways from my research into “work-life balance” done for my Master’s Thesis. This is a short breakdown of what I found. 1. Strict Boundaries on Time are Important Among workers who reported having an acceptable “work-life balance” they stated that they have strict boundaries around work. One person…
I’m highly educated. As of June of this year I have a Master’s Degree in Book Publishing from Portland State University. So what did I learn in the two years of studying Book Publishing? You are never done learning. What you research in grad school may shape the rest of your career. I studied work…
As posted originally on OoliganPress.com. Artists, programmers, and other professionals have been known to hide signatures in their work. In computer programming, it’s the “easter egg” you find in many video games; for example, there’s a reference to Star Wars in Skyrim if you know where to look. Authors and publishing professionals are not immune to this…
Most people think of editing as just grammar, punctuation, and proofreading, but those are more line level elements; developmental editing, or substance editing as it’s sometimes called, is all about the content: the meat of the story and what form it will take by the time it reaches readers. This is the phase where we analyze characters, plot, setting, and even the pace of the story.
When you’ve written something you have spent many hours pouring yourself into, the next step is to publish it. With the advent of the internet, it’s never been easier to make your book available to the public—there are millions of do-it-yourself guides to help bring your book to the masses.