Tag: Editing

3 Years of Word Lab Bliss

A big thank you to everyone for helping to make our dreams come true.  Today marks three years since Creative Word Lab opened its inky doors. It’s been a roller coaster ride, but a ton of fun. In honor of this, we’re going to be featuring a 30 percent discount on all services through the …

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Self-publishing does not mean self-editing: Hire an editor!

By Casondra Brewster Creative Word Lab   Recently, I was offered another contract for editing – a novel manuscript – but when I read the first five pages of the work – I had to refuse. Even if I charged my top rate, which is still cheap by going-rate standards, the work would be so …

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Writing and Creativity Aren’t Spooky To Us

You sit down to try to develop a presentation, a brochure, a newsletter and you are panic stricken. The words, the ideas, the concepts are just phantoms to you. You decide you should go and make phone calls, or get a cup of coffee or worse yet — call your tax accountant. Anything to keep …

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