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The evil secret to ALL WRITING – editing is everything
Editing is everything. I don’t care who you are — you need an editor. And you always will. In fact, the more successful you are as a writer, the more editing you’ll need. Here’s why: 1) The time...
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Forget the Twitter: free ink and airtime are your MOST DANGEROUS WEAPONS
Most of you are trying the same thing. Every writer, rock star and actor trying to break through is told to “Harness the powers of the internets.” Start a blog. Get on Facebook, Twitter and six other...
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Six easy ways to improve NaNoWriMo
Writer peeps tell me they’re doing NaNoWriMo, which is Esperanto for “I’m trying to write a novel in a single month, and I’m 10k behind already, so I’ve quit my job and divorced my husband. I vaguely...
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Six smart steps after #NaNoWriMo
Don’t bother with sending your novel around for beta readers to chew on, editors to edit and proofers to proof. You’ve got 50,000 golden words, right? THEY MUST BE SEEN AND PUBLISHED, TOMORROW, and...
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WIP It Good–September 1 to January 1
So I’ve written love letters to editors (The evil secret to ALL WRITING – editing is everything) and taken my red pen to the first page of many novels. Three favorites: The Red Pen of Doom guts THE...
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Listen: romance novels don’t get enough respect. Not for the amazing army of authors. Not for the editors and literary agents. And not for the millions of loyal readers. That should change. Here’s why:...
View ArticleLet’s get real about the hot mess of spell-check, grammar and editing tools
Listen–whether you write for fun or to pay the rent, and whether it’s (a) screenplays about mafia members dumb enough to kill Keanu’s puppy or (b) novels featuring elves with lightsabers and the robot...
View ArticleLet’s get real about the hot mess of spell-check, grammar and editing tools
Listen–whether you write for fun or to pay the rent, and whether it’s (a) screenplays about mafia members dumb enough to kill Keanu’s puppy or (b) novels featuring elves with lightsabers and the robot...
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