CGBecky

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The Gilded Pen says

Now is your chance to help decide which two titles will be picked as The Gilded Pen Book Club's reads for July and win a copy of either DUCHESS BY NIGHT by Eloisa James or AFTER THE KISS by Suzanne Enoch!

Just check out the post on our club page to enter!
(http://www.shelfari.com/groups/11253/about)

Happy reading,
Amber
thegildedpen.com

posted 3 years ago. ( send a note )

Gracie says

Hi Becky,

Hope this message finds your well :)

Wishing you and yours a very happy and safe Holiday Season and a New Year full of love, peace, productivity and spiritual and economical well-being…but especially wishing you great reads :)

Take care and enjoy!

Gracie
Currently Reading:
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Lover Eternal by J.R. Ward
Rough Canvas by Joey W. Hill
Devil May Cry by Sherrilyn Kenyon

posted 4 years ago. ( send a note )

Michelle Pillow, Author says

Happy Holidays!

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Pamela Tyner says

Happy Holidays! May your new year be filled with much happiness and many good books!

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Jassafari says

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you 'a' very Much'. as Lawrence Welk would say....
Or Ed Sullivan, "We are

going....Naw, just kidding, okay okay okay, no more type-
a-cal impersonsonations. Hey have yo heard my John

Way....Naw, but really, I am just dropping in to say, thanx for the befriending!

PEACE!

posted 4 years ago. ( send a note )

SkylarSinclair says

Could you send me the link to vote for your review?

Skylar.

posted 4 years ago. ( send a note )

carolynhowardjohnson says

Dear CowGirl Becky:

As a Shelfari friend, I thought I'd pass on to you a quiz I'm using to promote my new book, the 2nd in the HowToDoItFrugally Series of books for writers after the award-winning The Frugal Book Promoter is a must for writers and includes lots of good stuff important for any writer to know. It is, ta da! The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success.

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Every writer should know the answer to these or know how to find out :


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2. How can a style sheet help me edit my book or work better with my editor?
3. Why do I need to know about indexing?
4. How can I corral Word's Spell Checker to help rather than hinder my editing process?
5. Why is editing important to getting a publisher or an agent when my publisher's editor will help me with that anyway?
6. Why should I rarely send out a cover letter rather than a query letter?
7. Why should I avoid using italics for internal dialogue? How do you avoid using them for internal dialogue?
8. What perfectly natural and grammar-perfect thing should I avoid telling an agent?
9. How can I turn adverbs that slow my narrative into metaphors?
10. How can I purge my copy of passive constructions using a computer?
11. How can code words in my document help avoid humiliation?
12. How do I avoid superfluous quotation marks that annoy agents and editors?


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It's already rocketed to Amazon's Top Ten List in its category!

It should be sitting on your shelf right next to the award-winning* first in the HowToDoItFrugally Series of books for writers,
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by UCLA Extension Writers' Program Instructor Carolyn Howard-Johnson

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posted 4 years ago. ( send a note )

Lisa Plumley says

Thanks for being my Shelfari friend. I hope you're having a fun week. :)

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barbarahannay says

Glad the book arrived safely. Hope you continue to enjoy it!

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paulinebairdjones says

Thanks for the friend add! :-)

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ViviAnna says

Read it and voted!!!

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Deb Stover says

Great review--what Liz said. Gave you a thumbs-up. :)

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barbarahannay says

Becky, A copy of 'Claiming His Family' is on its way to you. I hope you enjoy it!

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Liz Fielding says

Great review, Becky, but 'ware spoilers for those who haven't devoured the book already!

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Gracie says

I would love to vote for your review.

Where and how do I do it?

posted 4 years ago. ( send a note )

Ali says

Voted for you Becky :)
Loved reading your review.

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LorieOClare says

I don't think your review ruined reading HP for my son. The last two books released on the same day I was doing a signing. So we have a thing going now. I have three signings at the end of next week in PA. My son decided he would wait so that I could buy the book while at my signing. Now I can't go and forget to buy it while I'm in PA.....LOL.
Lorie

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Gracie says

Hi Becky!
Thanks so much for the invite ;)

You have an impressive bookshelf.

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Mary Connealy says

I'd vote for you but I don't know how. Tell me where to find the review

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LorieOClare says

I voted for you, hon. Good luck! Of course, my son threw a fit when I started reading your spoiler ending. :-) He hasn't read it yet.
Lorie

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