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CatheJ’s last login was Monday, November 8, 2010.
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Comes the Dawn After a while you learn the subtle difference between holding a hand and chaining a soul, and you learn that love doesn't mean leaning and company doesn't mean security, and you begin to learn that kisses aren't contracts and presents aren't promises, and you begin to accept your defeats with your head up and your eyes ahead, with the grace of a woman, not the grief of a child, and you learn to build all of your roads on today because tomorrow's ground is too uncertain for plans, and futures have a way of falling down in mid-flight. After a while you learn that even sunshine burns if you get too much. So you plant your own garden and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers. And you learn that you really can endure... That you really do have worth. And you learn and you learn... With every goodbye you learn. ~ Veronica A. Shoffstall
I am just wonderfing how everyone is doing - Wonderful I hope
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I wanted to drop in a say hello to you and believe the best for all that you care about! I began reading eat-pray and love - by Elizabeth Gilbert
Thanks so much for accepting my offer of friendship.
And do people try to call you Kay-th? I get that a lot. Or, if they're writing my name, they add an i before the e!KathE
Hi Cathe, Is that short for Catherine? Thanks for your friendship request! And I see we already have a friend in common! (Carolyn) :)Kathe for Katherine
Dear Cathe: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 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 QuizEvery 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 Successavailable 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'tby 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
Published! Well don't forget to send me a note for the Author Successes section of my newsletter when it comes out! (-: Congratulations!Carolyn Howard-Johnsonwww.howtodoitfrugally.com
Cathe, I know you were in my e-mail files and I'm pleased that you didn't consider this SPAM. I thnk it has some real potential for increasing interest in reading and for authors to connect with readers. Thank you for joining. Looks as if you've gotten a good start on your list. I liked the Einstine book and the BF one, too. Best,Carolyn Howard-Johnsonwww.howtodoitfrugally.com
