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Articles on Writing, Editing, and Publishing for Small Publishers, Artists, and Writers
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Attention Freelance Writers: To Get Published You Need to Do Your Homework
Why Freelance Writers Must "Niche" Themselves
Become the Freelance Writer Editors Love
Writers: Are You Sick of Query Letters?
How to Keep Your Freelance Writing Clients Happy
AHAA! ATTAGIRL! WHOOPEE! AND WOW!
The Anatomy of an Article
Article Ideas
Ask the Book Doctor Articles
Author as Indexer
So You Don’t Believe in Luck?
Four Benefits of Joining a Publishers Association
When the Book Promotion Well Runs Dry
Chutzpah Gets a Writer Published
Self-Editing for Success
Editing Tips
Editing Tips and Infelicities
Editing Tips: More Misused Words
Presenting your Work
Elegant Writing
Interview with Mary Embree, Editor
How to Establish Yourself as a Writer
Ethics and Legal Concerns - Both Matter
How to Evaluate Writing Contests: Six Starter Questions
What Can You Expect From Your Editor?
Extension of Copyright Protection
How to Find Work that Satisfies your Passion
What Makes a Good Book Cover Design?
What Can a Good Editor Do For You?
7 Habits of Highly Successful Writers and Authors
HE/SHE ~ HIM/HER ~ HIS/HERS
How Should You Publish Your Work?
How to Start a Book
How to Write for the Regionals
Where Oh where Are All the Good Article Ideas?
The Importance of Mentors
ISBN Changes
Juniper Creek: Small World, Big Words
The Three Things I Learned at BEA
Networking Tips for Authors
Piggyback Book Promotion
Are You Planning to Self-Publish? It's not that hard to do.
How to Protect Yourself From Publishing Scams!
Publishing Your Own Book - A Timeline
Recession Proof Your Writing Business
Self Publishing Versus Being Self Published
Seven Mistakes Self-Publishers Make – and How to Avoid Them
Watch Out for Sharks in Those Publishing Waters
10 Publishing Mistakes And How to Avoid Them
Why Do We Write?
Word Usage
How to Work a Book Festival So that it Works for You
Writing the Feature article
How to Write a Promotional Article
Crushing Writer's Block
A Writer's Garden
A Writer's Resolutions
Speaking of Writing Conferences
Writing the Newspaper Feature Article
Ask the Book Doctor Articles
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Ask the Book Doctor: About Writing for a Living in Dumbed-Down America
Ask the Book Doctor: About Freelance Issues
Ask the Book Doctor: About Avoiding Fraud and Finding Your Voice
Ask the Book Doctor: About Finding Agents and Getting Published
Ask the Book Doctor: About Book Contracts and Slipstream
Ask the Book Doctor: About Self Publishing, Screenplay Agents, and Ghostwriting
Ask the Book Doctor: About Tips on Writing for Magazines
Ask the Book Doctor: Some Decisions Are up to the Author
Ask the Book Doctor: About Viewpoints, Word Choices, and Creating Anthologies
Ask the Book Doctor: About Selling Your Work and About Poetry Contests
Ask the Book Doctor: About It’s or Its, Numerals, and Self Publishing versus Traditional Publishing
Ask the Book Doctor: About Capital Letters, Word Counts and Song Lyrics
Ask the Book Doctor: About Titles, Parts, and the Right Time to Edit
Ask the Book Doctor: About query letters, dialogue, formatting flashbacks, and telling vs. showing
Ask the Book Doctor: About Commas, Ebooks, and Pseudonyms
Ask the Book Doctor: About Synopses or Pitches, Speed Writing, O.K. or Okay, and Character Description
Ask the Book Doctor: About E-mail Submissions, Standard Manuscript Format, Using the Names of Periodicals, and What Does Device-y mean?
Ask the Book Doctor: About Chapter Format, the Library of Congress, and Using Big Words
Ask the Book Doctor: About Book Covers and Free Feedback
Ask the Book Doctor: About Self-Publishing, Independent Publishing, Book Proposals and Using the Stories of Others
Ask the Book Doctor: About Negotiating Discounts, Selling on Amazon, and Organizing a Book
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