Number Six Odds Are The Style Manual Is Wrong Does anyone really know how many different style manuals are out there? It must be in the hundreds, if not thousands. Every major university has one. Every major publication has one. Pretty much every industry has their own. Some publishers have one they use that they …
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Aug 11
THWT Question for 11 AUG 2020
Here’s today’s Two Hundred Word Tuesday question: What was the hardest part of writing your FIRST PUBLISHED book? Keep Loving!
Aug 07
Melodee’s Rule for Authors — Number Five
Number Five Agents Who Represent Single Titles Instead Of The Author Are Con-Artists Do you have an agent? If no, you need to look into getting one. To make it to the real big time in the writing industry, you really need representation. Yeah, you can make some money on your own, but not much. …
Aug 04
THWT Question for 04 AUG 2020
Here’s today’s Two Hundred Word Tuesday question… Is there a particular message in any of your stories that you want readers to grasp? Keep Loving!
Jul 31
Melodee’s Rules for Authors — Number Four
Number Four If Your “Publisher” Wants Money, They Are A Printer, Not A Publisher See also Rules One, Two, and Three as they are closely related to this Rule. This Rule summarizes the previous three rather nicely. Honestly, this is just common sense, and needs very little in the way of expansion. On the other …
Jul 28
THWT Question for 28 JUL 2020
Let’s dig into how to help other writers in today’s Two Hundred Word Tuesday… Do you have any suggestions to help others become better writers? If so, what are they? Keep Loving!
Jul 24
Melodee’s Rules for Authors — Number Three
Number Three Never Pay For Cover Art See also Rules One, Two, and Four as they are closely related to this Rule. As outlined in Rule Number One, cover art is a part of the cost of doing business, but that cost belongs to the publisher, NOT the author. Just like with editing as detailed …
Jul 17
Melodee’s Rules for Authors — Number Two
Number Two Never Pay To Have Your Book Edited See also Rules One, Three, and Four as they are closely related to this Rule. As outlined in Rule Number One, editing is a part of the cost of doing business, but that cost belongs to the publisher, NOT the author. The biggest reason is Rule …
Jul 10
Melodee’s Rules for Authors — Number One
We’ve reached the point in the cycle where the Rules for Authors return to the beginning. I repost the Rules instead of pointing to the prior iteration because the Rules are in a constant state of flux, just like the entertainment industry itself. So, here we go again! Number One Money Flows TO The Author …
Jul 07
THWT Question for 07 JUL 2020
Getting back to the here and now, today’s Two Hundred Word Tuesday question looks at your current works: Can you share a little of your current work with us? Keep Loving! (NOTE: This can be either your latest release or your next planned release.)
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