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TerriGillespie

TerriGillespie

Awk! I hate this part. If only I weren’t so boring!

I LOVE to read and I LOVE to write. My favorite genres are women’s contemporary fiction, mystery, thrillers and thoughtful literary that makes me think.

LOL! Thoughtful literary that makes me THINK? I rest my case, folks. more »
  • Lansdowne--soon to be Media, PA, East Coast
  • member since August 7 2007

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TerriGillespie’s last login was Saturday, October 6 2007.

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  • Nora

    Nora says

    Thanks for the invite!! I'm sorry it's taken me so long to respond. I've been talking book club on my blog. www.psalm516.blogspot.com. Blessings on your weekend. :D

    posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Rajesh Patil

    Rajesh Patil says

    Hi
    May i have a place in your friends list.

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • carolynhowardjohnson

    carolynhowardjohnson says

    Dear Terri:

    Because you are 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.

    The Frugal Editor 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.

    Check Your Sell-Your-Book Expertise with Carolyn's Quiz


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


    1. What is the rule posted by most agents and publishers I can break in order to sell my book faster?
    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?


    If you don't know the answers to most every one of these 12 questions without peeking you are sure to benefit from the newly released

    The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success
    available now on Amazon, http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0978515870/

    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,
    The Frugal Book Promoter: How To Do What Your Publisher Won't
    by UCLA Extension Writers' Program Instructor Carolyn Howard-Johnson

    *Winner of USA Book News Best Professional Book 2004
    *Winner of Book Publicists of Southern California's Irwin Award

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • LindaEvansShepherd

    LindaEvansShepherd says

    Hi Terri, it was great to hear from you on my page. Thanks for the shout out about Eva. She's a delight and we've written 7 books together. : )

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • romancechick

    romancechick says

    Hey, Terri! I used to live in Lansdowne! I'm in Baton Rouge, LA now, but lived on Drexel Ave. in Lansdowne for six years!

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • carolynhowardjohnson

    carolynhowardjohnson says

    Didn't I see the great word "literary" in your bio? So, it is read literary? That's still a good thing. Maybe it's not such a bad thing you don't write it. It is very hard to sell. (-:
    Carolyn
    Author of one literary novel and a book of creative literary nonfiction! (-: Ha!
    www.carolynhoward-johnson.com

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • Amanda

    Amanda says

    Welcome to Shelfari! From Kent, WA to "soon to be Media", PA--that's quite a move. The book buying obsession is all fun & games till I realize there is no wallspace left for shelves..what to do, what to do :)* What are you reading?

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • carolynhowardjohnson

    carolynhowardjohnson says

    Thank you for the invitation. I always love to add a new writer as a friend--through Shelfari or otherwise. And I'm glad to hear literary not taken in vain. That's what my first novel is (and maybe my book of short stories) but these days I'm almost afraid to say so. You and I are going to have fun trading ideas on writing.
    Best,
    Carolyn Howard-Johnson
    www.howtodoitfrugally.com

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • donaldjamesparker

    donaldjamesparker says

    Hi Terri,
    I'll not be attending the conference in Dallas this year. Maybe next year. I'm hoping to go to Jerry Jenkin's seminar in January.
    Take care and thanks for asking!
    Don

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • jboogie19

    jboogie19 says

    Hi Terri. Thanks for the friendship request! As for the lip gloss, there is an explanation for my madness. lol. I don't wear make up because I end up looking like a clown. But, lip gloss is a way of me dressing up and being girly without too much effort or risk. In addition, lip gloss looks good no matter what kind of skin or hair day I'm having, and no matter what my dress size is. It makes me feel pretty:) Ok, well that still doesn' t explain why I have over 30 glosses and lipsticks. Um, yea, I'm with ya on this one. It makes absolutely no sense! I need an intervention. I've been good. I haven't bought a new gloss in, um, two weeks. I'm going strong!

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • triciagoyer

    triciagoyer says

    Yes, we're invading. Hahahaha.

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • ToddMichaelGreene

    ToddMichaelGreene says

    Yep, Shoutlifers and ACFW members are both invading. :-)

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )


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