<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Noland Editing LLC]]></title><description><![CDATA[Experienced editor and ghostwriter who helps women authors of speculative and crime fiction and memoir get their books ready for publishing.]]></description><link>https://www.nolandediting.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 15:24:32 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://nolandediting.wixsite.com/website-1/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Show vs. Tell ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Writing tips for showing, instead of telling. 
For the most part, showing is more exciting than explaining a situation.
Showing uses scenes.]]></description><link>https://nolandediting.wixsite.com/website-1/post/showvstell</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66352d816631410bac075543</guid><category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2025 12:50:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4592e6_6e6bd3678fe94e1ea1c754d700454a5b~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_940,h_788,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kristin Noland</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crocheting is Like Writing]]></title><description><![CDATA[Without tangible results, we often feel like giving up. I did exactly that.
I shut my computer down and started crocheting.  Like writing, ]]></description><link>https://nolandediting.wixsite.com/website-1/post/crocheting-is-like-writing</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67bdf96a78f8f15750e00b7c</guid><category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:43:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4592e6_3daca35625214bf79a3974ad28823c6a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_940,h_788,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kristin Noland</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to Write a Great Antagonist]]></title><description><![CDATA[A great story needs a great antagonist. Someone to offset your main character that's just as complex as your main character.]]></description><link>https://nolandediting.wixsite.com/website-1/post/how-to-write-a-great-antagonist</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66352d816631410bac075523</guid><category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2025 15:18:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4592e6_09a08d0d788345bc8495916fbc40eed9~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_940,h_788,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kristin Noland</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[8 Reasons Editing is Important]]></title><description><![CDATA[Editing is invaluable. No argument. Even bestselling authors understand the immense value editing brings to the process of creation.]]></description><link>https://nolandediting.wixsite.com/website-1/post/8-reasons-editing-is-important</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66352d816631410bac07552b</guid><category><![CDATA[Editing, Publishing, Marketing]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2025 15:20:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4592e6_0f64471be625410bb7f942ecd005d85e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_940,h_788,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kristin Noland</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 4 Ways to Reveal Backstory]]></title><description><![CDATA[Four tips for how to reveal backstory.
These tips will help you seamlessly weave in backstory into your novel.]]></description><link>https://nolandediting.wixsite.com/website-1/post/4-ways-to-reveal-backstory</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66352d816631410bac075517</guid><category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2025 13:16:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4592e6_16816ca3c5634d969f4b611fcc3fcc6c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_940,h_788,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kristin Noland</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make Yourself a Priority]]></title><description><![CDATA[A lot of us middle-aged women are used to putting others first. But we are important too.]]></description><link>https://nolandediting.wixsite.com/website-1/post/make-yourself-a-priority</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67a38c06457247c4169eeae9</guid><category><![CDATA[Life Musings]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2025 13:25:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://video.wixstatic.com/video/4592e6_19a3075603254bd39963280184a687c5/720p/mp4/file.mp4" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Kristin Noland</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Torture for Sale: Extracted]]></title><description><![CDATA[For a chance at $250,000, would you torture your loved ones? While watching the Super Bowl last night, I saw a commercial for the new TV...]]></description><link>https://nolandediting.wixsite.com/website-1/post/torture-for-sale-extracted</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67aa166f33ce92882a754744</guid><category><![CDATA[Life Musings]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2025 15:16:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4592e6_7a935610872340d5b3689685fa35dfef~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_640,h_333,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kristin Noland</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women, Don't Go It Alone]]></title><description><![CDATA[In life and writing, don't go it alone. We fear going out alone, but you don't have to in life or your writing journey. Walk with others.]]></description><link>https://nolandediting.wixsite.com/website-1/post/women-don-t-go-it-alone</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67923db17e2a15f5376137c0</guid><category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2025 13:17:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4592e6_81ad4f0ded814d3bab1446a8278cce3f~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_940,h_788,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kristin Noland</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shifting Perspectives]]></title><description><![CDATA[Throughout life, our perspective shifts. 
What was once seriously important to us becomes a trifle. Sometimes, something becomes less import]]></description><link>https://nolandediting.wixsite.com/website-1/post/shifting-perspectives</link><guid isPermaLink="false">677d68a8ed55a999b23d421b</guid><category><![CDATA[Life Musings]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jan 2025 13:18:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4592e6_086bf660cdfb4544aad5ebcd681e4bbd~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_845,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kristin Noland</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spotting an Author's Potential]]></title><description><![CDATA[After reading thousands of submissions and working on hundreds of author’s written works, I can easily spot an author’s potential. Hint:...]]></description><link>https://nolandediting.wixsite.com/website-1/post/spotting-an-author-s-potential</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6786a06eba878606feb4d023</guid><category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2025 12:49:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4592e6_04189ca97a5c4d93b51a562541ad815a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_940,h_788,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kristin Noland</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Caregiving and Writing]]></title><description><![CDATA[Finding time to write is not always easy, especially when you are in charge of someone else’s health and wellbeing.
I have a few ideas ...]]></description><link>https://nolandediting.wixsite.com/website-1/post/caregiving-and-writing</link><guid isPermaLink="false">677d737a2677dbe2784c39da</guid><category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2025 12:50:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4592e6_be72d31de9954a47b39a9638b6550058~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_940,h_788,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kristin Noland</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Terror]]></title><description><![CDATA[On death and dying. Terrifying life and death thoughts. Just a professional ghostwriter and editor's thoughts.]]></description><link>https://nolandediting.wixsite.com/website-1/post/terror</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6777f8613621165e48c6be52</guid><category><![CDATA[Life Musings]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2025 13:15:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4592e6_0139deb9f39949b99675f66559bb27a3~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_940,h_788,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kristin Noland</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Menopause: From Sexy to Comfortable]]></title><description><![CDATA[When we’re young, we are ‘boy crazy,’ so we buy tight-fitting, skimpy, sexy clothes. We wear matching bra and panty sets, pleather, lace,...]]></description><link>https://nolandediting.wixsite.com/website-1/post/menopause-from-sexy-to-comfortable</link><guid isPermaLink="false">677c2421234f31507d33d7dc</guid><category><![CDATA[Life Musings]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2025 18:47:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4592e6_a157f787c23e49879ded5a9a1870d281~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kristin Noland</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feminism: Dirty Little Word?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Feminism is not a dirty word. It's a word that is more important than you think.]]></description><link>https://nolandediting.wixsite.com/website-1/post/feminism-dirty-little-word</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66a0fbb5d509000f3d26f64d</guid><category><![CDATA[Life Musings]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2025 14:36:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4592e6_1b1d8dcda33c4bb09b8985c1fca7a2f4~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_940,h_788,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kristin Noland</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Time is the Issue]]></title><description><![CDATA[Time management for authors. When the lack of time is holding you back from finishing your novel try these techniques. “I don’t have...]]></description><link>https://nolandediting.wixsite.com/website-1/post/time-management-for-authors</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6773e62020c3f052c34c2d34</guid><category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 31 Dec 2024 12:59:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4592e6_37350977769442bea9cf89a0e4f56f13~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_940,h_788,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kristin Noland</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Writing Process]]></title><description><![CDATA[by author Debra Butterfield I’ve had many writers ask me about my writing process. Not really sure why they ask except that they might be...]]></description><link>https://nolandediting.wixsite.com/website-1/post/the-writing-process</link><guid isPermaLink="false">674df98215c769c5f5689cf2</guid><category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2024 18:44:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4592e6_c61c578cc8724e4cb9691dfffd665195~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_940,h_788,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kristin Noland</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ghostwriting Process]]></title><description><![CDATA[I know there are some of you who don’t like to think about someone else writing your novel for you. But some of you want this, need this,...]]></description><link>https://nolandediting.wixsite.com/website-1/post/the-ghostwriting-process</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67178f49be9f36249f7480e7</guid><category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2024 12:18:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4592e6_3b1e554e58e043138dd1264e60e7e320~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_940,h_788,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kristin Noland</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 Story Structures to Know (and Disregard)]]></title><description><![CDATA[by Fallon Clark of Fallon Edits In the early stages of story development, there’s much talk about story structure. Story structure is the...]]></description><link>https://nolandediting.wixsite.com/website-1/post/7-story-structures-to-know-and-disregard</link><guid isPermaLink="false">670fb68b9fca9b5c5ed990aa</guid><category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 16 Oct 2024 13:33:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4592e6_7254f24e1c854e8d92e912d6a1d6a385~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_940,h_788,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kristin Noland</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to Write Dystopian Fiction]]></title><description><![CDATA[And no, it's not out of flavor. Dystopian Fiction is Powerful   With the current movements to advance society, dystopian fiction is...]]></description><link>https://nolandediting.wixsite.com/website-1/post/how-to-write-dystopian-fiction</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67042db0ae49f5f15a1acc61</guid><category><![CDATA[Speculative Fiction Writing]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2024 19:00:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4592e6_bd09815c77b7406b9b5c68514d968789~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_940,h_788,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kristin Noland</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plan Your Novel without Planning Your Novel]]></title><description><![CDATA[Planning your novel without planning your novel involves a game, and who doesn't like a good game?]]></description><link>https://nolandediting.wixsite.com/website-1/post/plan-your-novel-without-planning-your-novel</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66ec22d04b3bb2a2811902a5</guid><category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2024 13:26:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4592e6_b78e54d0ce77405588db748d57657a24~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_940,h_788,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kristin Noland</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>