Editing Your Manuscript for Logic Inconsistencies

May 28, 2013
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Having a professional copy editor review your fiction or nonfiction manuscript before publication is a very good idea. But what makes a professional copy editor? The above question is a serious one that I have been pondering as I find numerous errors in books (including my own) that are both self-published and published by major [...]

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In Honor of Memorial Day: PINKY SWEAR, SOLOMON’S JUSTICE and PTSD

May 26, 2013
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While honoring this Memorial Day the men and women who died serving in the U.S. Armed Forces, we should also remember the veterans who carry both visible and invisible scars from their military service. One of the most debilitating invisible scars is that of PTSD. Some of you may know that I am working on [...]

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Going to Book Expo America?

May 22, 2013
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Book Expo America (BEA) is in New York May 30 through June 1, and I will be there as the marketing consultant for the book company Booksicals, which is launching a book project in partnership with Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (CBTL). The MAGIC TEA HOUSE project is more than a new children’s picture book [...]

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Creating Author Taglines

May 19, 2013
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Author Jean Oram wrote a valuable blog post about why authors should consider creating a tagline for themselves: Author taglines (or even writer taglines — you don’t need to be published to use one!) help readers, editors, publicists (hopefully!), and stumblers immediately recognize what you and your brand and your site is about. It should [...]

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Reverse Engineering: Turning a Novel Into a Screenplay

May 19, 2013
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In my blog post “Turning a Screenplay Into a Novel” I talked about the importance of point-of-view characters. But what happens when you turn a novel into a screenplay and screenplays do not have point-of-view characters (unless you employ voice over) — people whose thoughts the audience can know? In this case writers have to [...]

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