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Jordan McCollum

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Born

The United States

Website

http://JordanMcCollum.com

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Genre

Mystery, Romance, Suspense

Member Since

December 2008

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https://www.goodreads.com/mamablogga

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An award-winning author, Jordan McCollum can't resist a story where good defeats evil and true love conquers all. In her day job, she coerces people to do things they don't want to, elicits information and generally manipulates the people she loves most--she's a mom.

Jordan holds a degree in American Studies and Linguistics from Brigham Young University. When she catches a spare minute, her hobbies include reading, knitting and music. She lives with her husband and four children in Utah. ...more

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Editing to Streamline and Strengthen Your Story

I always try to edit my books to streamline and strengthen my prose. Here are my best techniques.

Set a goal

Maybe you really just want to tighten your story, so you don’t have a specific number goal. I think you should set one anyway. Hopefully you’ve learned how wordy you tend to be and how wordy your voice should be, so you can adjust your goal accordingly.

My goal was dictated by word count—I wan

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Jordan McCollum’s books

Average rating: 3.93 · 1,537 ratings · 437 reviews · 22 distinct works • Similar authors

	I, Spy (Spy Another Day, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 263 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Saints & Spies (Saints & Spies #1) 4.09 avg rating — 140 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spy for a Spy (Spy Another Day, #2) 4.07 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Saints & Suspects (Saints & Spies #2) 4.26 avg rating — 70 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mr. Nice Spy (Spy Another Day Prequel, #2) 3.58 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spy by Night (Spy Another Day Prequel, #3) 4.06 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spy Noon (Spy Another Day Prequel, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Saints & Sinners (Saints & Spies #3) 4.34 avg rating — 50 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tomorrow We Spy (Spy Another Day, #3) 4.11 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Character Arcs: founding, forming & finishing your character's internal journey (Writing Craft, #1) by Jordan McCollum (Goodreads Author), Janice Hardy (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 4.11 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Spy Another Day (3 books)
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Quotes by Jordan McCollum (?)

“trapped in his past, refusing to move forward. Unless this is a specific part of the character’s arc, a character caught under this mountain of backstory can be painful to”
― Jordan McCollum, Character Sympathy: creating characters your readers HAVE to root for

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