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Irreantum

Irreantum

I'm the great-great-great-grandson of a Mormon apostle who had more than forty wives. I served an LDS mission in Melbourne, Australia, and worked as an editor at the LDS Church’s official Ensign magazine. A graduate of Emerson College and Brigham Young University, I cofounded and edited the Mormon literary magazine Irreantum and the satirical... more »
  • Provo, Ut, United States
  • member since July 24 2007

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  • carolynhowardjohnson

    carolynhowardjohnson says

    BTW, Chris, I've lost the Sugar Beet. I used to get it. What happened?
    Best,
    Carolyn Howard-Johnson
    www.howtodoitfrugally.com

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

    carolynhowardjohnson says

    Dear Chris:

    Because you are a Shelfari friend and an Irreantum friend and a fellow great, great of...well you get the idea, 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 Award

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

    Annlb says

    Hey Sweetie Pie,
    What was the name of the book your mom was reading? Will you check it out on Amazon for me, please?
    loveyoubye

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

    Pegetha says

    Chris, thank you for this -- I miss participating in book clubs of my past. Keep reading and writing!

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

    AmyChamberlain says

    Chris, this is a really great idea. Thanks for the invite; I'll get going on populating my shelf soon.

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

    Sprig says

    That was great. Reading books with friends and talking about them is one of the joys in my life. Are you still alternating fiction with nonfiction?

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

    carolynhowardjohnson says

    Marcie, 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.
    By the way, I am a piker. My great, great grandfather only had two! (-:
    Best,
    Carolyn Howard-Johnson
    www.howtodoitfrugally.com

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )


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