By Adrienne Bibb ITWPA Member We were looking for a place for late dinner on a summer Friday night in Miami's Brickell neighborhood. We had no shortage of trendy and popular restaurants in the area. Wanting to stay close to our hotel, we chose something nearby. My family of six decided on pizza, but mind you, it’s Friday night in one of Miami’s most affluent and trendy … [Read more...] about Mister O1’s—Miami
Editor's Choice
Editor’s Choice – September 2019
By Mary Charlebois ITWPA Member Is your story Editor-Ready? Proofread, check spelling, punctuation, and grammar. If you are using Microsoft Word, there’s a spelling and punctuation checker built in. Turn it on, so it’s an automatic function while you’re writing. I also use Grammarly. It’s more comprehensive than Word’s … [Read more...] about Editor’s Choice – September 2019
Editor’s Choice – August 2019
By Mary Charlebois ITWPA Member Over half of the manuscripts I receive have neither a title, byline, nor contact information. If the manuscript is separated from the pitch email, I can’t publish the piece, no matter how good it might be. That story will end up in the closed file. Identify your story and yourself. The first line … [Read more...] about Editor’s Choice – August 2019
Editor’s Choice – July 2019
By Mary Charlebois ITWPA Member Read Out Loud TIP 1: Read your draft aloud before submitting. This will help you catch odd sentence structure and silly typos that you missed by proofreading with just your internal voice. It’s certainly not my original tip. I got it somewhere. But it’s one that I follow both for my own work … [Read more...] about Editor’s Choice – July 2019
Editor’s Choice – June 2019
By Mary Charlebois ITWPA Member Identify Your Work -Include a title, byline, and contact information in your manuscript. -Give text and photo files a helpful name. Names that identify the subject and the author or photographer make an editor smile. Manuscript file name example: beaches of Malta BY … [Read more...] about Editor’s Choice – June 2019