How to minimize cancellations and non-payment for editing and proofreading services – by Louise Harnby…
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Every professional editor and proofreader wants to attract best-fit clients who are prepared to commit to a contract of editorial services.
For the most part, bookings go smoothly – cancellations, delays, and failures to pay are unusual. Still, editorial business owners need to protect themselves … just in case.
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Detroit Twisted Storytellers: Road Tripping hosted by @satori_10 September21st #michiganwriters #motownwriters
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Is This Historical or Fantasy?
by J.U. Scribe
Both carry the idea of constraining something into a fixed space. We put things in boxes mainly with the purpose of organizing things to make it easier to retrieve certain items. As people we love to put things in figurative boxes whether we are consciously aware of it or not. [ ]
In books you have categories. You have: fiction and nonfiction. Seems pretty straightforward so far. From fiction we have numerous categories to categorize one’s work whether it be: romance, science-fiction, fantasy, historical, teen-fiction, adventure, mystery, horror, Children’s, etc. This doesn’t even include poetry or other literary works that are more prose or have a different structure. However you might be wondering why are categories so important anyways? And how does this tie in with marketing or self-publishing?
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5 Agents Seeking Kidlit, Crime Novels, Nonfiction & all Genres of Adult Fiction – by Erica Verrillo…
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How to know difference in your voice and a characters
Sounds hard right?
It did for me. I found myself making the process harder than it needed to be. Between my WIP, blog, and branding I tied myself in knots.
Turns out I just needed to KISS.
NO! Not smooching. Good grief, get your mind out of the gutter.
But KISS as in – keep it simple stupid. I was trying too hard. Complicating the writing in search of my voice, when I had it all along.
After reading the following article, I rewrote the first chapter of WIP and pulled to the forefront, my voice.
What I learned from
- Writers (Authors) voice is how you decide to tell a story and is the same from book to book.
- Just as we grow and change over the years, so does an authors voice, because our voice is an extension of ourselves and what is important in a…
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Misused Phrases
Writing your first novel-Things you should know
We have all heard phrases that stuck with us. We use them in our writing and speech. Problems arise when we either misheard or remembered the phrases incorrectly. The results range from humorous to downright confusing.
The Correct Phrase What You’ll Sometimes See or Hear
all it entails all it in tails
by and large buy in large
chock full of …
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How To Write A Book For Avid Readers Not Simply For You – by Derek Haines…
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on Just Publishing Advice:
Extract:
How often have I heard this?
“I wrote a book, but no one is buying it. I did a free ebook giveaway and all the social media stuff on Facebook and Instagram and everything. What’s wrong with people?”
People?
Who are these people that have something wrong with them?
There is nothing wrong with people, but there is something wrong.
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Dead on Arrival – Book 1 – A Laura and Gerry Mystery
Laura Hamilton wakes up one morning only to find out a dead body inside her apartment. It was, after all, her ex-coworker, “Velcro” Hodges, a debt collector who was known to leech on his prey until the debt is already paid in full. But why was he dropped insider Laura’s room?
You can find Dead on Arrival at the following sites.
| https://www.amazon.ca/Dead-Arrival-Karen-Vaughan-ebook/dp/B00HIIGVDM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1467664606&sr=8-1&keywords=DEAD+ON+ARRIVAL+BY+KAREN+VAUGHAN |
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| https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/dead-on-arrival-6 |
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Now someone wants Laura to be dead. As the plot thickens, Laura tries to find out who could possibly want her to be next in cold blood. Lead Detective Inspector Jeff Gibbons helps her, tracking any leads he gets, but that doesn’t seem to help solve the puzzle.
“Ms. Vaughan brings us a brilliant and funny character in Laura Hamilton. This book is a definite keeper and will find a place in my reread list through the years. Truly who cannot love a book…
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