Archive for the 'Editing' Category

Solving a Problem – Day 16 of the 31 Day Challenge

Welcome back!A friend wrote to me recently complaining about having several projects “almost finished.”
Sound familiar? I’ve been in that situation once or twice myself.
Fortunately, all this person needed done was editing. This is something I happen to do well – so now those “almost finished” projects are complete. (I wonder if they mentioned [...]

Articles – Are You Missing The Opportunity?

Hi,
Yes, I am diligently avoiding doing more of the serialised articles from Writing E-Books for Fun and Profit. Well…actually, I’ve decided to just use one day each week for serialised articles.
Why? Did I hear someone ask why?
I was really hoping someone would ask that. Thank you.
Articles are a great way of putting content out into [...]

Focus – Your Attention Is Valuable

Hi,
I have to remember – when I write a Friday post – not to say I’ll be writing “tomorrow” when I mean “Monday.” I apologise.
Which brings me to Focus.
Would I have made the same mistake if I were more focussed? Would you have still broken the vase, Neo, if I hadn’t said anything? hmmm…
Anyway, on [...]

Book Publishing – Lulu is a High Value Service

Hi,
That’s a lulu, isn’t it?
And I’m not talking about a fish tale.
Lulu.com is just about the largest online self-publishing tool today. It’s a free service – until you reach the point of being ready to actually publish your book.
They offer a huge array of free tools and services to get you started. Everything from advice on [...]

Editors – Anywhere, Anytime – Always Valuable

Hi,
Suzanne Richardson has a great, short article in today’s ETR newsletter.
The address for the article is listed as a trackback with this post – but I’m still not clear about how trackbacks work. So, this link takes you there (I hope  ;-)  ).
There are also several past articles Suzanne has written listed at the bottom [...]

Editing – Moving Past the First Draft

Hi,
This happens to be a big thing in my mind right now because I’m working on the second draft of two books, and the first draft of another.
It’s the first time I’ve been in this situation. Being able to look at my editor’s comments on two books while working on a third has turned out [...]


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