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  carolynhowardjohnson says

  Dear Dena:
  
  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 5 years ago. ( send a note )

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  Author & Book Promotions says

  Hi Dena,
  
  Yes, I do have a web page. It's www.nadiabrown.com
  
  I hope you enjoy the read!
  

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  Angelyx says

  Hi Dena,
  Thank you so much for inviting me! How are you doing?

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  Author & Book Promotions says

  Hi Dena,
  
  I drop by to say hello and to thank you for accepting my friend request.
  
  Do you have a website of your own?

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  carolynhowardjohnson says

  Thank you so much for inviting me, Dena. I see we have a couple of friends in common already. Interesting how these things work.
  
  I see this connection as a way we might discuss books of all kinds, poetry or bestsellers, nonfiction, whatever. A way from readers to make suggestions and connect with authors. I'm still exploring for the best way to use it. (-:
  Carolyn Howard-Johnson
  www.howtodoitfrugally.com,

  Posted 5 years ago. ( send a note )

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  UriahC says

  Dena, I just posted a recent book I've read. Check it out! -- Uriah

  Posted 5 years ago. ( send a note )