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The Most Cost-Effective Way to Get Your Book Edited
Thinking of self-publishing? Should you choose the editing or editorial evaluation package from the self-publishing arm of a publisher, or from self-publishing houses such as Xlibris and Author Solutions? As a former in-house acquisitions editor at HarperCollins, a current ghostwriter … Continue reading
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Waiting for an Agent or Editor to Respond? Get Busy!
 The dog days of August can be the most frustrating for a writer because it’s next to impossible to get the attention of an agent or, if a proposal is on submission, an editor. Rather than drive yourself crazy waiting … Continue reading
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Announcing Wordmason Services and My Newsletter!
I am feeling expansive of late and have news to share: I now have a company called Wordmason Services, Inc. This new business will allow me to continue providing professional, quality services as I have for the last 20 or … Continue reading
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Hire a Ghostwriter to Write Your Book? 4 Questions to Ask Yourself
You’ve dreamed about writing a book someday. You believe you have a story inside you that will amaze and inspire people. You’ve tried to write it down, and have sketched out some ideas here and there. Maybe you have notebooks … Continue reading
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On Rejection Letters
I had just read and responded to an interesting blog piece on rejection letters when I received an email from an agent I know telling me that she’d just received a response to her gentle rejection letter to someone I’d … Continue reading
Kindle Will Be Publishing Works That Are Too Short for a Book, Too Long for an Article
Often, potential clients will tell me they’ve written a book, but when they tell me it runs 30,000 or 40,000 words, I have to break the news that they’ve written an animal that’s too long for an article and too … Continue reading
How to Find a Literary Agent
People often ask me how to find a literary agent. Because literary agents work entirely on spec (meaning they don’t earn a dime until they sell your book AND the check has cleared their bank account), they’re not always easy … Continue reading
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