Another view. We must have other eyes on our manuscripts no matter how painful the corrections and comments. It’s too easy to write alone, get lost in our own words, not see ambiguity, sentence weaknesses, lack of clarity. We have to seek constructive criticism. Without it, we can’t possibly get better. I hope someone reading this post is a high school […]
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In a guest post on BookBuzzr.com, Laurel Marshfield (Blue Horizons Communications) describes authors’ brands as messages they put out about themselves. Marshfield says “Your brand is your author story … you need to consciously make use of the intersection between your personal life story and the story your books tell. And then, you need to
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Do you have at least one novel, short story or poem you’ve been editing for years?Do you find tweaking words easier than starting something new?If so, you may need to divorce that project.Breaking up is hard to do. Describing gamers’ addiction to FarmVille in a Wired Magazine article (“Gamed,” July 2011), Dan Ariely explains why it’s
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