Betty Dobson
has 21 followers and is following 20 people
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- member since July 17, 2007
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Sharon P says
A grand aunt sounds very grand, indeed! Both of my aunts have played very important roles in my life, and my daughters'. Enjoy this new addition to your family!
Posted 4 years ago. ( send a note )
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Sharon P says
Hi Betty!
I'm fairly well, though not working due to a continuing heart condition. I am a grandma now! My eldest daughter's son, Julian, is 1 year old already! At least staying home is giving me a chance to write again.
How have you been doing?
SharonPosted 4 years ago. ( send a note )
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Sharon P says
Hello Betty, it's been some time since I've been here. Hope you are well.
Posted 4 years ago. ( send a note )
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Laurel-Rain S says
Hi Betty...Good to see you here. I'll be checking out your books.
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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.comPosted 4 years ago. ( send a note )
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carolynhowardjohnson says
Dear Betty, Sweets:
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.
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 AwardPosted 5 years ago. ( send a note )
