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I learned something new the other day. Did you know there was such a thing as editing down verses editing up ? Me, neither. I read a...

As I finish judging a packet of contest entries, I thought about the differences between being a contest judge and being in a critique group...

A few days before the holidays, I pestered my friend Cyndi into reading the first few chapters of my new urban fantasy. Now, Cyndi had been ...

Critique: an act of criticizing. Criticize: to consider the merits or demerits of and judge accordingly. --tends to give a negative impact o...