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Stop Just Going Through the Motions in 2016
Like most of my writing, this is mostly a reminder to myself but hopefully it has some relevance to others as well.
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Does Your Novel Have “It”?
The Right Stuff. The je ne sais quoi. Appeal. Does your book have “it”?
As a book editor, I see a lot of novels cross my desk that don’t. -
Why You Should Design Your Book Cover Before You Write Your Book
I’ve just started a new novel. My fifth.
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5 Reasons why Community is Critical for Indie Authors and Self-Publishers
Indie authors and self-publishers are the free souls who make their creative mark on the world beyond the mainstream mega-structures that typically dominate commercial publishing.
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How Many Editors Does it Take to Edit a Book?
Four.
In a perfect world, your self-published novel should be edited by a story editor, a line editor, a copyeditor, and a proofreader. -
A Super Newbie’s Guide to Using InDesign to lay out your indie-published novel
I’ve just published my fourth full-length indie-authored novel, a romantic suspense titled Dark Chemistry, and for the first time I used Adobe InDesign instead of Word.
