Edit Your Book
Why You Should Edit Before You Send to An Editor Editing your book – what’s the point of editing before sending to an editor? Does a book editor charge extra if my work…
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Editing Your First Draft
Whether you’re self-publishing your book, sending to an editor, or to a publishing company — ideally you want to send your ultimate best work — even if you’re having someone else edit it…
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How to Submit Your Manuscript Part 2
Submitting Your Manuscript – Part 2 Remember, spell-check isn’t enough. You might have spelled to when you meant to spell too, something spellcheck won’t catch. It often takes only one error to signal…
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How to Submit Your Manuscript Part 1
Submitting Your Manuscript – Part 1 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…
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What is a Synopsis and How Do I Write One?
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…
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Writing a 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…
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Fine Tuning Your Manuscript – Part 3
Engage Your Characters in Their Setting When you’re characters interact through dialogue, make them interact as well with their surroundings. There should be a continual interplay of character and setting. Examine your dialogue…
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Fine Tuning Your Manuscript – Part 2
The Three S’s – Scene, Setting, and Senses Stories don’t occur in a bubble. They have to be set in a real and believable place. And what makes a scene or setting, is…
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Fine Tuning Your Manuscript – Part 1
You’ve Written “The End” – But Is Your Book Ready? Okay, so you’ve finally reached the magic words “The End”. But is it really? Are you done? Have you really finished your book?…
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How to Write Your Query Letter
Free Query Letter Template 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…
