Number Twelve As Soon As A Book Is Released, You Will Find 100+ Editing Errors Murphy’s Law: If anything can go wrong, it will. O’Toole’s Corollary: Murphy was an optimist. Yes, Murphy is alive and well. He works in the publishing business. Just a couple of my own experiences in this area… I once released …
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Sep 22
THWT Question for 22 SEP 2020
The Two Hundred Word Tuesday question for today is: What are the most important elements of good writing? Keep Loving!
Sep 18
Melodee’s Rules for Authors — Number Eleven
Number Eleven Most Promo Companies Only Promote Themselves This is not aimed at all promotional companies…just most of them. It is also not aimed at any particular company or companies…just general observations and comments. What is it that most of the promotional companies do? In a nutshell, they send out notices about your book…most of …
Sep 11
Melodee’s Rules for Authors — Number Ten
Number Ten Generally Speaking, Writing Experts Aren’t I want you to think about something totally unrelated to writing for a minute… How many people are there professing they are “experts” in social media or search engine optimization (SEO) or various other subjects related to online marketing? Millions? More? Why are there so many? Because there …
Sep 08
THWT Question for 08 SEP 2020
Today’s Two Hundred Word Tuesday question is: Do you have a day job as well? Keep Loving!
Sep 04
Melodee’s Rules for Authors — Number Nine
Number Nine Final Drafts Are Still Pretty Rough OK, maybe they’re REALLY rough. No matter how carefully you read your manuscript, there will be errors. Grammar, spelling, syntax, and all of the rest will creep in and entrench the errors so deep that you, as the writer, can’t even see them. Logic and flow errors …
Aug 31
The Psychology of Writing
The Psychology of Writing Take a look at this list of names: Penelope Delta, Ernest Hemingway, Raymond Andrews, Kurt Cobain, Eleanor Marx, Sylvia Plath, John O’Brien, Len Doherty, Charles Williams, Ernst Toller, and Myrtle Reed. Some of the names may be at least a little familiar to you. A few should be well known to …
Aug 28
Melodee’s Rules for Authors — Number Eight
Number Eight Don’t Fear The Editors This Rule is a rough one for most writers, no matter if they are a seasoned professional author with decades in the business or if they are a new writer struggling with their first story. Editors can be intimidating, and that’s a good thing. It is the editor—at least …
Aug 25
THWT Question for 25 AUG 2020
Here’s the Two Hundred Word Tuesday question for today: Are any of your published stories based on events in your own life? Keep Loving!
Aug 21
Melodee’s Rules for Authors — Number Seven
Number Seven Never Underestimate The Power Of The Backlist As frightening as it might be, some writers don’t even know what the backlist is. So, let me quote from Wikipedia… A backlist is a list of older books available from a publisher, as opposed to titles newly published (sometimes called the front list). Building a …
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