Once your editor is finished, you’ll want to hire a proofreader. PROOFREADING: Don’t just pick anyone. Find someone with OCD, if possible. Someone meticulous. A good speller. Someone who knows proper grammar and syntax. Someone who’s conscientious about everything they do, regardless of what it is. You want someone with a good set of eyeballs….
SUBMITTING YOUR MANUSCRIPT – PART ONE Congratulations! Your manuscript if finally finished. You did it. Yay! After months or even years of endless blood, sweat, toil and tears, you’ve at long last finished your masterwork. It’s time to get it ready – to finalize it for publishing. But if you’re like most, you’re NOT ready….
How do I write a synopsis for my book? At its most fundamental level, a synopsis answers the question: What is this book about? A synopsis should cover (in abbreviated form) all the major points of your book in sequential order from beginning to end. In a work of fiction, you’ll want to cover all…
IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE BLURB WRITING A BLURB IS NOT EASY: Anyone who thinks writing a blurb is easy, has probably never written a good blurb. The blurb I speak of here is the kind that’s found on the back of a novel – a short paragraph briefly encapsulating a book’s essence, it’s heart…
For the purposes of this blog, a blurb is the brief description of a book’s contents found on the book’s back cover, written with the intent of tantalizing the reader and selling the book. THE IMPORTANCE OF A GOOD BLURB: Just as a prospective editor or agent reads the first page of your novel and…
How to format your MS – kids books to YA fiction – standards – no matter whether email or print When submitting your book manuscript to send to an agent or a publisher there are guidelines you need to follow in order for it not to end up in the rejection pile without a chance….
Tips – ideas – especially for children’s books When you’ve spent a lot of time on your book and then you’re ready to submit to an agent, writing a query letter can seem as if it’s more difficult than the book itself. Most authors fret more about their literary agent query letter than their manuscript….