My Book is 114 Times Better because of Professional Proofreaders

Karin Kallmaker Captain of Industry, Craft of Writing 1 Comment

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The post-writer phase of producing a manuscript for typeset has two stages helped by professionals: editing and proofreading. I talked about the unicorn ride with sprinkles that editing is for me, and that is always my favorite part. Read More

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Why I Love the Editing Phase

Karin Kallmaker Captain of Industry, Craft of Writing 6 Comments

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After the many agonies and few ecstasies of completing the first draft of a book, editing is a joyful unicorn ride with candy and magic sprinkles. Read More

Karin's superpower - knows where the chocolate is

Embrace Your Superpower

Karin Kallmaker Cheers & Chocolate, LIFE + STYLE

Karin's superpower - knows where the chocolate is

 I was enjoying the great outdoors at the mall, like you do, which included a long looping walk both indoors and out. Don’t scoff, I racked up 7 miles. Plus it’s a large mall and there are stairs in plenty. On a surprisingly warm winter day, I wove my way outside to warm up and inside to cool off. Outside to marvel at the plum trees snowing down white blossoms on the sidewalks and back inside to stop sneezing. Read More

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Do Overs + 2 = Old Treasures in New Formats

Karin Kallmaker Book News, Do Overs + 2, Short Stories

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When you’ve been writing for twenty-mumble years, it’s a lot like living in the same house for that length of time. You accumulate trunks full of treasures because there’s just not enough shelf space to display everything. Fortunately, there’s no limit on shelf space in the digital world, so I figured it’s time to dust off a lot of my treasures and put them out for all to see. Read More