quilterofwords
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- Sanibel and Blanchester, FL, USA
- member since July 19, 2007
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As a Shelfari friend and former Queenpower Queen of Publicty, 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
Announcing EBC's new read: SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES by Ray Bradbury. I hope you will join us in reading & discussing! Happy October!
Thanks for accepting my invite. I look forward to checking your websites out.
Nora :)
Eclectic Bookclub is voting on this month's reading! Please come vote!
Hi BK,
I just thought I'd stop by to say hello. Let me know how you are doing.
-Nadia
yeah... look forward to talking to you too. Thanks for the encouragement
I haven't been on Shelfari as much of late either. Right now, I recently made a book trailer for U.E. I'm in the midst of working on another one for my upcoming book. I'm currently trying to do more writing, and I'm in the process of writing a blog for BMK. I'm also starting to come up with ideas for a marketing-related article.
Hi... Really great to know that you got your poetry published. I am working on building up a collection to publish. But have no clue how to go about it. Plus i am not sure, if there is even a tiny market for poetry books. I would love to have a full time job as a writer... that is one thing in my life I am passionate about, but can't figure out a career path for myself. Guess I am just a bit confused there.
Anyways, will join your yahoo groups and try some self-help to hone my writing, and see what I can do about it.
Really nice to know you
By the way, please post about your submission call and organization at Wild Iris. Peace. ~z
Hi quilterofwords,
Welcome to Wild Iris: Poetry. Please introduce yourself in Icebreaker. Have you checked out our Potpourri quiz? Monthly prizes. Look forward to reading your comments and getting to know you. Peace. ~z
Hi there, I live near Ft. Lauderdale FL - originally from Maryland. Been down here 20 years. I look forward to joining you yahoo group & chatting with you there as well.
Colleen
Hi there,
Just got back from a trip to Sanibel. Also a poet, will check out your yahoo group. I wish you all the best & look forward to chatting w/you!
Colleen
Hi B,
How are you?
Btw, thanks for adding my book you your shelf!
Welcome to Shelfari. You have an interesting collection of poetry, quite a lot I haven't seen. What is New Issues Poetry and Prose? How do you decide what you want to buy? Favorite poets? Happy reading. Thank you for the invitation.
BK,
I have two websites for you to check out: Twilight Times and http://bookmarket.ning.com/(I recently joined Book Market)
Twilight Times publishes poetry.
Are you staying with the same publisher? I won't be for my second book.
BK, how do you like Shelfari so far?
Thanks, Bonnie. I'll have to try to figure this out!