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Daily archive for October 21, 2026

Post-submission revising and the Three o’clock Problem

On October 21, 2026   /   Writing   /   Leave a comment
Tags: revising, the biz, writing life

So I just finished the page proofs for How to Run Your Evil Empire, which has me thinking about the differences between writing the first draft, revising it, and polishing it. For those of you who haven’t discovered Elle Cordova yet, this video sums that part up

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