The (Dubious) Joy of Editing
Sharpening Your Manuscript Without Dulling Your Voice
You’ve finished your draft. Awesome!
Now comes the part so many authors dread: turning that draft into a manuscript to submit or publish.
Editing isn’t just about fixing commas or chasing perfection. It’s about clarity. It’s about credibility. It’s about making sure your ideas land the way you intended.
In The (Dubious) Joy of Editing, you’ll learn how to approach revision without dread—and without losing the voice that made your writing worth reading in the first place. It’s a practical, no-nonsense guide to strengthening your manuscript, catching what matters, and letting go of what doesn’t.
So get the book, grab your machete (aka the red pen) and let’s get crackin’!
This is the fourth book in the Write Boost Writer Series, which delivers short, focused guides to strengthen your writing craft and author marketing — without fluff or overwhelm.
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Worlds of FabianSpace is a short story collection with prime examples from each of my series. It’s a great way to learn about the worlds and meet the characters. You’ll find:
- A snarky dragon working as a private investigator in our world.
- An exterminator who specializes in eradicating zombies.
- A psychic teen whos abilities drive him insane.
- Nuns who do search and rescue operations in outer space.
- Rednecks in a Star Trekish future.
Come explore the worlds of FabianSpace: Stories of imagination, humor, and heart. Get it on Amazon or get a free copy for signing up for my newsletter.
The Write Boost Writers Series
The Write Boost is a series of short, practical guides for writers who want to grow their craft, build confidence, and actually move forward.
Persevere in Your Writing: A Writer’s Boost Practical Guide to Writer’s Block, Rejection, Perfectionism, and Long-Term Writing Motivation
Develop Your Author Voice: Strengthen Your Writing Style and Create a Voice Readers Recognize
Fun With Worldbuilding: Build Believable Worlds for Fiction and Nonfiction Writers
The (Dubious) Joy of Editing: Sharpening Your Manuscript Without Dulling Your Voice
Space Traipse: Hold My Beer – SF comedy
A starship crew meeting every challenge with competence and redneck ingenuity – that’s the HMB Impulsive! If you love Star Trek, the Orville, and good ol’ hold-my-beer humor, you’ll love this refreshing take (or retake) of classic sci-fi adventures.
Space Traipse: Hold My Beer – SF comedy
Space Traipse
Season 1
Space Traipse
Season 2
Space Traipse
Season 3
Space Traipse
Season 4
Space Traipse
Season 5
Space Traipse
Season 6
Space Traipse
Season 7
Space Traipse
Season 8
Space Traipse
Season 9
Doall’s Do-Over
“Motherclucker”
“Doall’s Brain”
DragonEye, PI
Murder Most Picante: A DragonEye Mystery (Book 1)
If Wishes Were Dragons: A DragonEye Adventure (Book 2)
Nun of My Business: A DragonEye Mystery (Book 3)
Christmas Spirits: A DragonEye Novella (Book 4)
Greater Treasures (Original version – out of print!)
Greater Treasures (Revised): A DragonEye Novella (Book 5)
Siren Spell: A DragonEye (Romantic?!) Mystery (Book 6)
Good Intentions: A DragonEye Novella (Book 7)
Idol Speculations: A DragonEye Adventure (Book 8)
Gapman: A DragonEye Adventure (Book 9)
Mensa, Magic, & Mayhem (Book 10)
Live & Let Fly (Revised) (Book 11)
Of Slings and Feeling Vexed (A DragonEye Short)
A Winkle in Time (A DragonEye Short)
Los Lagos Heat (A DragonEye Short)
Thanks for the Mummyries (A DragonEye Short)
Ted Talk (A DragonEye Short)
More Vern stories in these anthologies
“Closure” (Anthology Out of Print)
“Sins of the Brother”
“DragonEye, PI”
“The Faerie Truth Behind the Fairy Tales”
“Thanks for the Mummy-ries”
Rescue Sisters
Discovery
(Novel)
These Three
(Short story)
Antivenom
(Short story)
Moonboy
(Short story)
Our Daily Bread
(Short story)
Falling Up
(Short story)
Wolf of Mars
(Short story)
Calling on a Bad Day
(Novelette)
Neeta Lyffe, Zombie Exterminator
Neeta Lyfe,
Zombie Exterminator
I Left My Brains in San Francisco
Shambling in a Winter Wonderland
“Josie’s Last Straw”
“Wokking Dead”
SFF Novels & Anthologies
A relic hunter who falls into a black hole. A genetically altered PI in heat. A race to Pluto’s moon. Find science fiction to challenge the intellect, excite the imagination, and tickle the funny bone.
The Old Man and the Void
Dex’s Way
Sequel to The Old Man and the Void
Jovian Heat
(Novelette)
“Discover Avenir”
Frightliner (horror)
w/Colleen Drippé
Short stories (on Amazon)
“Marathon to Mordor”
“42 Years of Summer”
“They Also Serve”
w/Rob Fabian
Madness of Kanaan
(Formerly, the Mind Over Trilogy)
Reprinted with new titles and covers under my Laser Cow imprint, but still the same great stories.
Madness Bound
(Formerly, Mind Over Mind)
Madness Unbound
(Formerly, Mind Over Psyche)
Madness of Worlds
(Formerly, Mind Over All)
Madness of Love
(Formerly, Hearts Over Mind)
“Illusions”
Fill-in Journals
A Year of Great Days
A Job Hunt Journal
My Little Book of Headdesks
Launch Lover’s Journal
Thoughts Outside the Box
Staycation: A Local Vacation and Day Trips Planner
100 Great Thoughts: A Quote Journal
Walk in Widsom: 100 Proverbs for Journaling
Non-Fiction
There You Are, God!
“Self-Editing: Have Fun With It”
Little Flowers Craft Books (Out of Print)
