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First off, what exactly is an author biography, and why do you need one (or two)? An author bio is your writing resume. It’s a paragraph to a page long, and includes things that give you credibility on the subject you’re writing about. Your author bio will usually have a small picture of you posed in...

When preparing to submit a dissertation, thesis, or research paper, many authors and researchers use academic editing services to improve the quality and accuracy of their writing to guarantee publication in peer-reviewed journals or success in academia. Since many institutions and publishers have strict...

We are back for number three of our four-part editing essentials. You can watch the reply or read the transcript below.   A starting author might not know what a lot of the terms mean. Proofreading, copy editing and editing are all thrown around as the same words and they think they mean the same...

All of us are familiar with the concept of a novel, a story of length that describes fictional characters and events. Examples include Great Expectations, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Great Gatsby, Fight Club (yes, it was a novel first), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Lovely Bones, and Gone Girl. But...

Technical editing concerns the review of a text written about a topic of a technical nature. Editors apply several levels of technical editing, ranging from basic proofreading to substantive editing. Although the editing levels differ slightly between organizations and institutions, they can generally...